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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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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.
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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.
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My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak.
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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.
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The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason.
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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.
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Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
--Addison.
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6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
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A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
--Dryden.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Scene \Scene\, v. t.
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]
--Abp. Sancroft.
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WordNet 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"; "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, conniption]
8: graphic art consisting of 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]

Moby Dictionary
access , act , act drop , action , afterpiece , agora , airscape ,
altercation , amphitheater , appear , area , arena , argument , asbestos ,
asbestos board , athletic field , auditorium , back , backdrop ,
background , batten , bear garden , behind the scenes , bit ,
blaze of temper , blowup , border , bowl , boxing ring , brouhaha ,
bull ring , burst , campus , canvas , chapter , chaser , circus ,
cityscape , cloth , cloudscape , cockpit , coliseum , colosseum ,
commotion , confidentially , coulisse , counterweight , course ,
curtain , curtain board , curtain call , curtain raiser , cyclorama ,
decor , diorama , display , distance , disturbance , divertimento ,
divertissement , drop , drop curtain , epilogue , episode , eruption ,
exhibition , exode , exodus , explosion , expository scene , exterior ,
farmscape , field , finale , fire curtain , flare-up , flat , flipper ,
floor , forum , get about , get around , go out , ground , gym ,
gymnasium , hall , hanging , high words , hinterland , hippodrome ,
hoke act , incident , interior , interlude , intermezzo , intermission ,
introduction , landscape , lists , locale , locality , location ,
lookout , make the scene , marketplace , mat , milieu , mise-en-scene ,
number , open forum , outburst , outlook , palaestra , panorama ,
parade ground , part , participate , pastoral , perspective , picture ,
pit , place , platform , precinct , privately , prize ring , prologue ,
prospect , public square , purlieu , rag , range , rear , ring ,
riverscape , routine , row , scape , scene of action , scenery ,
scenic view , screen , seapiece , seascape , secretly , section ,
segment , set , setting , shtick , side scene , sight , site , sketch ,
skit , skyscape , snowscape , socialize , song and dance , sphere , spot ,
squared circle , stadium , stage , stage screw , stage set ,
stage setting , stand-up comedy act , storm , striptease ,
surreptitiously , sweep , tab , tableau , tantrum , teaser , terrain ,
theater , tilting ground , tiltyard , tormentor , townscape ,
transformation , transformation scene , turn , upset , view , vista ,
walk , waterscape , whereabouts , wing , wingcut , woodcut ,
wrestling ring