3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scene \Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr skhnh` a covered place
a tent, a stage.]
1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited;
the part of a theater in which the acting is done with
its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the
place in which the action is supposed to go on one of the
slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of
reality to the action of a play; as to paint scenes; to
shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or
time, or important change of character; hence a
subdivision of an act a separate portion of a play,
subordinate to the act but differently determined in
different plays; as an act of four scenes.
My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak.
4. The place time, circumstance, etc., in which anything
occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the
like is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set
before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition,
or action ``In Troy, there lies the scene.'' --Shak.
The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason.
5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a
series of actions and events exhibited in their
connection; a spectacle; a show an exhibition; a view.
Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
--Addison.
6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades
on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. --Dryden.
7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before
others often an artifical or affected action or course
of action done for effect; a theatrical display.
Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long
to wait for some explosions between parties, both
equally ready to take offense, and careless of
giving it --De Quincey.
{Behind the scenes}, behind the scenery of a theater; out of
the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors,
machinery, etc.; hence conversant with the hidden motives
and agencies of what appears to public view.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scene \Scene\, v. t.
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of to display. [Obs.]
--Abp. Sancroft.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
scene
n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to
the scene of the crime"
2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad
scene"
3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: {view}, {aspect},
{prospect}, {vista}, {panorama}]
4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
action in a film [syn: {shot}]
5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England
has changed in the last century" [syn: {picture}]
6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three
scenes"
7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: {fit}, {tantrum}]
8: the graphic or photographic representation of a visual
percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2
shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
[syn: {view}]
9: the context and environment in which something is set: "the
perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: {setting}]
10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
painting the scenery" [syn: {scenery}]
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