2. (noun)frame a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
3. (noun)human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh alternative names for the body of a human being "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
4. (noun)inning, frame (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
8. (noun)skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
9. (noun)skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe the internal supportingstructure that gives an artifact its shape "the building has a steel skeleton"
10. (noun)frame, framing a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held"
11. (verb)frame one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
12. (verb)frame, frame in, border enclose in or as if in a frame "frame a picture"
13. (verb)frame enclose in a frame, as of a picture
14. (verb)ensnare, entrap, frame, set up take or catch as if in a snare or trap "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
15. (verb)frame, redact, cast, put, couch formulate in a particularstyle or language "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
16. (verb)frame, compose, draw up make up plans or basicdetails for "frame a policy"
4. frame frame of mind how positive or negative you are feeling I'm not in the right frame of mind to write a letter today.
5. (verb)frame to put a frame on a picture I haven't framed the photo yet.
6. frame have sth framed pay sb to frame sth She had the certificate framed.
7. frame to be a border around sth Her long hair framed her face.
8. frame to communicate sth carefully to control the way people understand it the difficulty of framing the issue for voters
Definition of 'FRAME'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)FRAME 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
2. (noun)FRAME the bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person
3. (noun)FRAME a kind of opencase or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched
5. (noun)FRAME a molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings
6. (noun)FRAME the ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering
7. (noun)FRAME a structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc
8. (noun)FRAME a glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost
9. (noun)FRAME a stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor
10. (noun)FRAME a term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc
11. (noun)FRAME form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government
12. (noun)FRAME particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame
13. (noun)FRAME contrivance; the act of devising or scheming
14. (verb)FRAME to construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cuttingparts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice
15. (verb)FRAME to originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false
16. (verb)FRAME to fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform
17. (verb)FRAME to cause; to bring about; to produce
18. (verb)FRAME to support
19. (verb)FRAME to provide with a frame, as a picture
20. (verb)FRAME to shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech
21. (verb)FRAME to proceed; to go
Definition of 'FRAME'
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
1. FRAME In a dynamo the bed-piece is sometimes called the frame.
Definition of 'FRAME'
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. FRAME In photography, any singleexposure contained within a continuous sequence of photographs.