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frame
(fr/eI/m )

noun (n)

  • the framework for a pair of eyeglasses(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • alternative names for the body of a human being(noun.body)
    Synonym:
    anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma
    source: wordnet30
  • (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat(noun.time)
    Synonym:
    inning
    source: wordnet30
  • a single drawing in a comic_strip(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    frame of reference
    source: wordnet30
  • the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal(noun.body)
    Synonym:
    skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale
    source: wordnet30
  • the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe
    source: wordnet30
  • a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention.
    The frame was much more valuable than the miror it held.
    Synonym:
    framing
    source: wordnet30
  • one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • In games: (a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points. (b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • enclose in or as if in a frame(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Frame a picture.
    Synonym:
    border, frame in
    source: wordnet30
  • enclose in a frame, as of a picture(verb.stative)
    source: wordnet30
  • take or catch as if in a snare or trap(verb.social)
    Example:
    The innocent man was framed by the police.
    Synonym:
    ensnare, entrap, set up
    source: wordnet30
  • formulate in a particular style or language(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    cast, couch, put, redact
    source: wordnet30
  • make up plans or basic details for(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    Frame a policy.
    Synonym:
    compose, draw up
    source: wordnet30
  • construct by fitting or uniting parts together(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    frame up
    source: wordnet30
  • To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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