filmnoun/fɪlm/

• 1

  A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

  • a clear plastic film for wrapping food
  • He from thick films ſhall purge the viſual ray, / And on the ſightleſs eye-ball pour the day: […]
• 2

  artshobbieslifestyleA medium used to capture images in a camera.

• 3

  The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.

• 4

  A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.

  • Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
• 5

  A professionally made movie of a substantial narrative work, around 1 to 3 hours long; a feature film; a cinematic movie.

• 6

  A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.

  • Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.

filmverb/fɪlm/

• 1

  To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

  • A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.
  • I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead.
• 2

  To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

• 3

  To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.

  • It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
  • Her legs folded under her, and her eyes filmed over.