English noun: film | |||
1. | film (communication) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement | ||
Samples | They went to a movie every Saturday night. The film was shot on location. | ||
Synonyms | flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show | ||
Broader (hypernym) | product, production, show | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | 3-D, 3D, cinema verite, collage film, coming attraction, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, feature, feature film, film noir, final cut, home movie, infotainment, musical, musical comedy, musical theater, rough cut, shoot-'em-up, short subject, silent movie, silent picture, silents, skin flick, slow motion, talkie, talking picture, telefilm, three-D | ||
Part holonym | caption, credit, credits, episode, scene, sequence, shot, subtitle | ||
Domain category members | dub, film, reshoot, shoot, synchronise, synchronize, take, tape, videotape | ||
2. | film (communication) a medium that disseminates moving pictures | ||
Samples | Theater pieces transferred to celluloid. This story would be good cinema. Film coverage of sporting events. | ||
Synonyms | celluloid, cinema | ||
Broader (hypernym) | medium | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | silver screen | ||
Domain category | art, artistic creation, artistic production, business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise | ||
Domain category members | cut-in, insert, MacGuffin, McGuffin | ||
3. | film (artifact) photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies | ||
Synonyms | photographic film | ||
Broader (hypernym) | photographic material, photographic paper | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cine-film, episode, film clip, footage, microfilm, motion-picture film, movie film, negative, orthochromatic film, panchromatic film, positive, reel, roll, roll film, sequence, X-ray film | ||
4. | film (artifact) a thin coating or layer | ||
Samples | The table was covered with a film of dust. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | scum, slick, soap film | ||
5. | film (artifact) a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things | ||
Synonyms | plastic film | ||
Broader (hypernym) | flat solid, sheet, wrap, wrapper, wrapping | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Polaroid, shrink-wrap | ||
English verb: film | |||
1. | film (communication) make a film or photograph of something | ||
Samples | Take a scene. Shoot a movie. | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue film the movie | ||
Synonyms | shoot, take | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | enter, put down, record | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | reshoot | ||
Verb group | photograph, shoot, snap | ||
Domain category | film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show | ||
2. | film (creation) record in film | ||
Samples | The coronation was filmed. | ||
Examples | Did he film his major works over a short period of time?, They will film the duet | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, enter, make, put down, record | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cinematise, cinematize, microfilm | ||