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# filmy

adjective (filmier, filmiest)

«filmy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Filmy means thin, light and see-through, like a very fine cloth or film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filmy/#m1)
2. Filmy eyes are dim or clouded over with a thin skin, as in old age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filmy/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a thin veil or dim, misted eyes of an old dog or person

### Examples

- The curtain was filmy and let the sun through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filmy/#x1)
- A filmy veil covered her face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filmy/#x2)
- The old dog's eyes had gone filmy with age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filmy/#x3)
- She wiped the filmy mist from the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filmy/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «filmy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filmy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«filmy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/filmy.html) on Mova free.