films

Noun

film (countable and uncountable, plural films)

1. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
   • a clear plastic film for wrapping food
2. A medium used to capture images in a camera.
3. (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.

   Synonyms:

   movie

4. (uncountable) 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...2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257
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.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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