n.
- a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera.
- material in the form of a very thin flexible sheet.
▸a thin layer covering a surface.
- a story or event recorded by a camera as a series of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television.
v.
- make a film of.
- become or appear to become covered with a thin film.
Etymology
OE filmen ‘membrane’, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to fell5.