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A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

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  1. n. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.
  2. n. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
  3. v. t. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
  4. n. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
  5. n. a medium that disseminates moving pictures
  6. n. photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
  7. n. a thin coating or layer
  8. n. a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
  9. v. make a film or photograph of something
  10. v. record in film
  11. 1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. Pope. 2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. Shak. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.
  12. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.