Meaning & use

Filmed

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Recorded moving images of something using a camera; also, became covered with a thin coating or layer.

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The documentary crew filmed the migration over three months in the Arctic.

A thin layer of dust filmed the surface of the old piano.

A note on using this word

The lesser-known sense, meaning 'covered with a thin film or coating,' comes from the older meaning of 'film' as a thin membrane or layer.

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