film

1 /fIlm/ noun

1 (C) especially BrE a story that is told using sound and moving pictures, shown at a cinema or on television for entertainment; movie AmE : Have you seen any good films recently? | a French film

—see also: silent film silent (4)

2 (U) the making of films considered as an art or a business: I'm interested in photography and film. | the film industry

3 (U) the material used in a camera for taking photographs or recording moving pictures for the cinema : roll of film (=film in a metal container): I shot five rolls of film on vacation. | on film: The whole incident was recorded on film.

4 (C) BrE a metal container with film in it that you put inside a camera to take photographs

5 (singular, uncountable) a very thin layer of something that appears on the surface of something else: a film of oil on the surface of the water

—see also: clingfilm 2 verb (I, T) to use a camera to record a story or real events so that it can be shown in the cinema or on television: The explosion had been filmed by an amateur cameraman. | filming on location in Prague film over phrasal verb (I) if your eyes film over they become covered with a thin layer of liquid: The dog's eyes had filmed over, and it was breathing heavily.