A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
A medium used to capture images in a camera.
A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
The act of wiping something.
An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
To erase.
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
To clean (the buttocks) after defecation.
To deperm (a ship).
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
To remove an expression from one's face.