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Definition of 'frank'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) frank
direct and unreserved in speech:
frank criticism.

2.  frank
lacking inhibition or subterfuge:
frank curiosity.

3.  frank
unmistakable; clinically evident:
frank blood.

4. (n.) frank
a stamp, printed marking, or signature on a piece of mail indicating that postal charges have been paid.

5. (v.t.) frank
to mark (mail) for transmission by virtue of a frank.

6.  frank
to enable to pass or go freely.

7.  frank
to facilitate the comings and goings of (a person).

8. (n.) frank
a frankfurter.

9. (n.) Frank
a member of a confederation of Germanic peoples living on the right bank of the lower Rhine in the 3rd century a.d. and by the 6th century ruling most of what is now France, the Low Countries, and W Germany.

10.  Frank
an inhabitant of the early medieval polities founded by the Franks.

11.  Frank
(now in historical contexts) any native of W Europe.

12. (n.) Frank
Anne, 1929–45, German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) published in 1947.

Definition of 'frank'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Frank
a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century

2. (adj) frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

3. (adj) blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
"blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

4. (verb) frank
clearly manifest; evident
"frank enjoyment"

5. (verb) postmark, frank
stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

6. (verb) frank
exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks

Definition of 'frank'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) frank
honest about what you are thinking
a frank discussion

Definition of 'frank'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) frank
the privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage

2. (adj) frank
a member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France

3. (adj) frank
a native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant

4. (adj) frank
a French coin. See Franc

5. (noun) frank
a pigsty

6. (noun) frank
the common heron; -- so called from its note

7. (noun) frank
unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free

8. (noun) frank
free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc

9. (noun) frank
liberal; generous; profuse

10. (noun) frank
unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense

11. (verb) frank
to shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten

12. (verb) frank
to send by public conveyance free of expense

13. (verb) frank
to extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc

Translation of 'frank'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: saying or showing openly what is in one's mind; honest a frank person; a frank reply.
Afrikaans: reguit	Arabic: صَريح	Bulgarian: искрен
Brazilian: franco	Czech: upřímný	German: offen
Danish: åbenhjertig	Greek: ειλικρινής	Spanish: franco
Estonian: aval, avameelne	Farsi: بی شیله پیله	Finnish: vilpitön
French: franc	Hebrew: גְלוּי-לֵב	Hindi: स्पष्टवादी, सरल
Croatian: iskren, otvoren	Hungarian: őszinte	Indonesian: terus-terang
Icelandic: hreinskilinn	Italian: franco	Japanese: 率直な
Korean: 솔직한	Lithuanian: atviras	Latvian: atklāts; vaļsirdīgs
Malay: terus-terang	Dutch: openhartig	Norwegian: åpen(hjertig), oppriktig,
Polish: szczery	Persian: بی شیله پیله	Pashto: روک
Portuguese: franco	Romanian: franc, deschis; sincer	Russian: откровенный
Slovak: úprimný, priamy, obnovený	Slovenian: odkritosrčen	Serbian: iskren
Swedish: rättfram, uppriktig	Thai: เปิดเผย	Turkish: samimî, dürüst
Taiwanese: 直率的，老實的	Ukrainian: щирий, відвертий	Urdu: بے تکلف، صاف صاف
Vietnamese: thành thật	Chinese: 直率的，老实的
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