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infilm

infilm verb: to cover with a film or thin coating.

Verb

infilm (third-person singular simple present infilms, present participle infilming, simple past and past participle infilmed)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a film or thin coating.
    • to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding
    • to infilm the glass of a mirror

Forms of infilm

third-person singular presentinfilms
present participleinfilming
past participleinfilmed
pastinfilmed

Origin of infilm

From in- + film.

Questions about infilm

What does infilm mean?
Infilm means to cover with a film or thin coating.
What part of speech is infilm?
Infilm is a verb.
What is the past tense of infilm?
The past tense of infilm is infilmed.

Words near infilm in the dictionary

  1. infiller
  2. infillers
  3. infilling
  4. infillings
  5. infills
  6. infilm
  7. infilmed
  8. infilming
  9. infilms
  10. infils
  11. infilter

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