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Definition of 'frame'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) frame
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.

2.  frame
a rigid structure formed of joined pieces and used as a major support, as in buildings, machinery, and furniture.

3.  frame
a body, esp. a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique:
a large frame.

4.  frame
a structure for admitting or enclosing something:
a window frame.

5.  frame
Usu., frames. the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.

6.  frame
form, constitution, or structure in general.

7.  frame
a particular state:
an unhappy frame of mind.

8.  frame
one of the successive pictures on a strip of film.

9.  frame
one of the ten divisions of a bowling game.

10.  frame
one of the squares on the scorecard in which the score for a given frame is recorded.

11.  frame
a baseball inning.

12.  frame
a machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, esp. as used in textile production:
a spinning frame.

13.  frame
one of the separate drawings in a comic strip, usu. set off by a border.

14.  frame
a rectangular portion of a page, often with enclosing lines, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like.

15. (v.t.) frame
to construct; shape.

16.  frame
to devise; compose:
to frame a new constitution.

17.  frame
to conceive or imagine, as an idea.

18.  frame
to incriminate (an innocent person) so as to ensure a verdict of guilty.

19.  frame
to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture.

20.  frame
to form (speech) carefully with the lips.

21.  frame
to prearrange fraudulently, as in a scheme or contest.

22.  frame
to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight.

23. (v.i.) frame
Archaic. to go; proceed.

24.  frame
Archaic. to manage to do something.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME: to prepare (timber), OE framian to avail, profit)

Definition of 'frame'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) frame
the framework for a pair of eyeglasses

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

5. (noun) frame
a single drawing in a comic_strip

6. (noun) frame
an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently

7. (noun) frame of reference, frame
a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

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 supporting structure 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 particular style 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 basic details for
"frame a policy"

17. (verb) frame, frame up
construct by fitting or uniting parts together

Definition of 'frame'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) frame
the border around a picture
a gold picture frame

2.  frame
a supporting structure
a bed frame

3.  frame
the general shape of sb's body
a girl with a tiny frame

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 open case 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

4. (noun) frame
the skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels

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 cutting parts 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 single exposure contained within a continuous sequence of photographs.

Translation of 'frame'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a hard main structure round which something is built or made the steel frame of the aircraft.
Afrikaans: raamwerk	Arabic: هَيْكَل	Bulgarian: скелет
Brazilian: armação	Czech: kostra	German: das Gerüst
Danish: ramme; skelet	Greek: σκελετός	Spanish: armazón, estructura
Estonian: karkass	Farsi: بدنه؛ استخوان بندی	Finnish: runko
French: structure	Hebrew: שֶׁלֶד	Hindi: चौखट
Croatian: kostur (gradevine), okvir	Hungarian: (tartó)szerkezet; váz	Indonesian: kerangka
Icelandic: grind	Italian: struttura	Japanese: 骨組み
Korean: (건물, 기계, 가구, 차, 배, 비행기 등의	Lithuanian: karkasas, korpusas	Latvian: karkass
Malay: kerangka	Dutch: geraamte	Norwegian: ramme(verk)
Polish: szkielet konstrukcji	Persian: بدنه؛ استخوان بندی	Pashto: سكلټ (دبدن)
Portuguese: armação	Romanian: structură	Russian: корпус
Slovak: kostra	Slovenian: ustroj	Serbian: konstrukcija
Swedish: stomme, skrov, ram	Thai: โครงสร้างพื้นฐาน	Turkish: çatı, iskelet
Taiwanese: 骨架	Ukrainian: кістяк; каркас	Urdu: ڈھانچا
Vietnamese: sườn; khung	Chinese: 骨架
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