film
/fɪlm/ verb B1- To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film. · A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.· I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead.
- To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
- To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
He/she/it films · Past filmed · Past participle filmed · -ing form filming
Verb forms
- Base form
- film
- He/she/it
- films
- Past
- filmed
- Past participle
- filmed
- -ing form
- filming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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When a beam of X-rays passes through a crystal, the regularly arranged atoms inside scatter it into a pattern of spots on photographic film.
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