to lens
- verb
- /lɛnz/
- The photographer expertly lensed the beautiful sunset on the beach.
Examples
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So watch as I get down low, watch the background here, watch how it lenses everything.
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The watch as I get down low, watch the background here, watch how it lenses everything.
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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.
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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.
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He lensed the interview to ensure every detail was recorded accurately.
Synonyms
To record moving pictures with a camera to make a movie
Idioms
Compounds
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A camera lens that shows more of a scene, makes near objects look bigger, and stretches edges
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A camera lens that lets you make distant objects appear nearer without changing lenses
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An attachment that fits the front of a camera lens to block stray light and protect it
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A system of several lenses lined up to make images clearer or larger
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A group of curved glass parts that bend light to make images, for example in cameras or microscopes
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The lens nearest the object in a microscope or telescope that makes the main image
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A camera part with a wide opening that blurs backgrounds for photos of people
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A small glass piece you attach to a camera to focus on objects close to the camera
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A lens that is thinner in the middle than at the edges and makes parallel light rays spread out
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A lens made from a kind of clear glass that gives sharp images with little color blur
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A clear curved part behind the colored part of the eye that focuses light onto the back of the eye
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A lens that makes parallel light rays spread out after passing through it
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A device that uses electric or magnetic fields to focus a beam of electrons
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A small artificial lens placed in the eye that moves to help you see near and far
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A lens made of more than one part that reduces color blur in camera images
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A lens that makes images sharp across the whole picture without distortion
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A curved piece of glass at the far end of devices like binoculars or microscopes that gives a wider view
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A thin lens made of rings that focuses light for lighthouses and projectors
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A plant grown for lentils, with edible seeds and leaves used as animal feed
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A clear artificial lens placed in the eye to replace a cloudy natural lens after cataract surgery
A clear part behind the colored part of the eye that focuses light on the back of the eye
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A very small glass piece that makes tiny things look bigger in a microscope
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An artificial lens with one focus placed in the eye to give clear distance vision after cataract surgery
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An artificial device put in the eye that helps you see near and far without glasses
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A clear artificial lens placed inside the eye to replace the natural lens after cataract surgery
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A small clear plastic piece put in the eye to replace the part that focuses light after cataract surgery
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The curved piece of glass in a microscope or telescope nearest the object that makes the first image
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A curved piece of glass or plastic that helps you see things more clearly in instruments
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A curved piece of clear glass or plastic that focuses light in cameras and microscopes
How Professional
Surface Forms
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.