film

film1 [ fılm ] noun ***

1. ) count or uncount the material that is used for taking photographs or recording moving pictures:

I need some new film for my camera.

a roll of film (=film that is held in a round metal container): I've only got one roll of film left.

on film: The bomb blast was captured on film.

2. ) count moving pictures that you can watch at the movie theater or at home: MOVIE:

Have you seen the new James Bond film?

film about: We watched a film about prison life.

make/shoot a film: The film was made on location in India.

a ) uncount the job or business of making movies:

I'd love to work in film.

b ) only before noun relating to films or involved in making films:

the film industry

the beginning of her film career

3. ) count a very thin layer of something that forms on a surface:

There was a film of grease on the water.

film

film 2 [ fılm ] verb intransitive or transitive *

to record moving pictures using a camera:

The program was filmed entirely in South Africa.

We hope to start filming next week.

,film `over phrasal verb intransitive

to become covered in a thin layer of something