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to lens

1 7.0
To film or photograph something with a camera
  • verb
  • /lɛnz/
translation icon : filmar
  • The photographer expertly lensed the beautiful sunset on the beach.

Examples

  • So watch as I get down low, watch the background here, watch how it lenses everything.

  • The watch as I get down low, watch the background here, watch how it lenses everything.

  • How can you tell it's being lensed?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • For a microbudget horror, lensed near Austin at Spiderwood Studios, it's undoubtedly ambitious.

    Blog text (18)
  • The gravitationally "lensed" galaxies are all stretched along the cluster's center, and some of them are multiply imaged.

    Academic text (2005)
  • She lensed the concert, capturing all the emotions of the crowd.

  • He lensed the interview to ensure every detail was recorded accurately.

Synonyms

to film
vsto lens
415 1.0

To record moving pictures with a camera to make a movie

focuses on capturing images for professional or artistic purposes

Idioms

Looking at something from a certain point of view

See something in a new way to understand it better

Compounds

33 2.5

A thin lens you wear on your eye to help you see

7 2.9

A curved glass or plastic piece that focuses light onto the camera sensor

telephoto lens
  • Specialized
5 3.9

A camera lens that makes faraway things look closer

wide-angle lens
  • Specialized
5 4.0

A camera lens that shows more of a scene, makes near objects look bigger, and stretches edges

zoom lens
  • Specialized
5 3.7

A camera lens that lets you make distant objects appear nearer without changing lenses

5 2.6

A cover that you put on a camera lens to protect it from dust and damage

1 5.0

A camera lens that makes a very wide view look curved and distorted

lens hood
  • Specialized
1 4.4

An attachment that fits the front of a camera lens to block stray light and protect it

compound lens
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A system of several lenses lined up to make images clearer or larger

lens system
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A group of curved glass parts that bend light to make images, for example in cameras or microscopes

1 3.0

A removable cap that protects a camera lens from dust and scratches

objective lens
  • Specialized
1 3.9

The lens nearest the object in a microscope or telescope that makes the main image

portrait lens
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A camera part with a wide opening that blurs backgrounds for photos of people

closeup lens
  • Specialized
5.3

A small glass piece you attach to a camera to focus on objects close to the camera

concave lens
  • Specialized
4.6

A lens that is thinner in the middle than at the edges and makes parallel light rays spread out

converging lens
  • Specialized
5.0

A lens that brings light rays to a single point

convex lens
  • Specialized
4.4

A lens that is thicker in the center and brings light to a point

crown lens
  • Specialized
7.3

A lens made from a kind of clear glass that gives sharp images with little color blur

crystalline lens
  • Specialized
5.5

A clear curved part behind the colored part of the eye that focuses light onto the back of the eye

diverging lens
  • Specialized
6.5

A lens that makes parallel light rays spread out after passing through it

electron lens
  • Specialized
7.4

A device that uses electric or magnetic fields to focus a beam of electrons

6.5

A small artificial lens placed in the eye that moves to help you see near and far

achromatic lens
  • Specialized
6.9

A lens made of more than one part that reduces color blur in camera images

anastigmatic lens
  • Specialized
9.6

A lens that makes images sharp across the whole picture without distortion

field lens
  • Specialized
7.3

A curved piece of glass at the far end of devices like binoculars or microscopes that gives a wider view

Fresnel lens
  • Specialized
8.6

A thin lens made of rings that focuses light for lighthouses and projectors

Lens culinaris
  • Specialized
6.8

A plant grown for lentils, with edible seeds and leaves used as animal feed

lens implant
  • Specialized
4.1

A clear artificial lens placed in the eye to replace a cloudy natural lens after cataract surgery

lens louse
  • Specialized
9.9

A small animal that lives on fish in aquariums and harms them

A person who makes lenses for glasses to correct vision

lens nucleus
  • Specialized
7.0

Central part of the eye lens surrounded by the outer layer

A way of looking at things based on past experiences

A clear part behind the colored part of the eye that focuses light on the back of the eye

lens capsule
  • Specialized
7.2

A thin clear covering around the eye that holds the lens in place

lens cortex
  • Specialized
7.6

The outer layer of the lens around its middle part in the eye

microscopic lens
  • Specialized
4.4

A very small glass piece that makes tiny things look bigger in a microscope

5.2

An artificial lens with one focus placed in the eye to give clear distance vision after cataract surgery

6.3

An artificial device put in the eye that helps you see near and far without glasses

5.1

A clear artificial lens placed inside the eye to replace the natural lens after cataract surgery

intraocular lens
  • Specialized
4.6

A small clear plastic piece put in the eye to replace the part that focuses light after cataract surgery

object lens
  • Specialized
7.0

The curved piece of glass in a microscope or telescope nearest the object that makes the first image

optic lens
  • Specialized
4.2

A curved piece of glass or plastic that helps you see things more clearly in instruments

optical lens
  • Specialized
3.9

A curved piece of clear glass or plastic that focuses light in cameras and microscopes

How Professional

to film
415 1.0
to lens
1 7.0
to shoot
397 3.2
to snap
  • Informal
47 2.8

Surface Forms

lens infinitive
lensed past
lensed past participle
lensing present participle
lenses third person singular

Etymology

Lens as a verb comes from the noun lens, the camera glass that focuses light, and people began to say a film was 'lensed' when it was shot with that glass. So to 'lens' something is to film or photograph it using a camera lens.