Definitions for frank
fræŋk, frɑŋkfrank

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Franknoun

   a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century

2. frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenieadjective

   a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

3. blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulderadjective

   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. frankverb

   clearly manifest; evident

   "frank enjoyment"

5. postmark, frankverb

   stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

6. frankverb

   exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks

GCIDE(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Franknoun

   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 go free of postage. Called also the franking privilege.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. franknoun

   the grey heron.

2. Etymology: Shortened form of frankfurter.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. FRANKadjective

   Etymology: franc, French.

   1. Liberal; generous; not niggardly.

   The moister sorts of trees yield little moss, which is for the reason of the frank putting up of the sap into the boughs. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   They were left destitute, either by narrow provision, or by their frank hearts and their open hands, and their charity towards others. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

   ’Tis the ordinary practice of the world to be frank of civilities that cost them nothing. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. Open; ingenuous; sincere; not reserved.3. Without conditions; without payment.

   Thou hast it won; for it is of frank gift,
   And he will care for all the rest to shift. Hubberd’s Tale.

   4. Not restrained; licentious.

   Might not be found a franker franion. Edmund Spenser.

2. Franknoun

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. A place to feed hogs in; a sty: so called from liberality of food.

   Where sups here? Doth the old boar feed in the old frank? William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   2. A letter which pays no postage.

   You’ll have immediately, by several franks, my epistle to lord Cobham. Alexander Pope, to Swift.

   3. A French coin.

3. To Frankverb

   1.To shut up in a frank or sty. Thomas Hanmer

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Tell Richmond this from me,
   That in the sty of this most bloody boar,
   My son George Stanly is frank’d up in hold:
   If I revolt, off goes young George’s head. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   2.To feed high; to fat; to cram. Franciscus Junius and Robert Ainsworth3. [From the adjective.] To exempt letters from postage.

   My lord Orrery writes to you to-morrow; and you see I send this under his cover, or at least franked by him. Jonathan Swift.

   Gazettes sent gratis down, and frank’d,
   For which thy patron’s weekly thank’d. Alexander Pope.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Franknoun

   a pigsty

2. Frankverb

   to shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten

3. Franknoun

   the common heron; -- so called from its note

4. Franknoun

   unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free

5. Franknoun

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

6. Franknoun

   liberal; generous; profuse

7. Franknoun

   unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense

8. Frankverb

   to send by public conveyance free of expense

9. Frankverb

   to extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc

10. Frankadjective

    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

11. Frankadjective

    a member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France

12. Frankadjective

    a native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant

13. Frankadjective

    a French coin. See Franc

14. Etymology: [See Frank, a.]

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1. Frank

   Frank was the girl group from Channel 4's comedy drama series Totally Frank. Frank consisted of lead singer Lauren Blake, guitarist Bryony Afferson, keyboard player Helena Dowling and drummer Hayley Angel Wardle. In the show Totally Frank, the girls played fictional characters Tasha, Charlie, Flo and Neve. The band used their real names outside of the show. Their debut single "I'm Not Shy" was released on 31 July 2006 and reached #40 in the UK Singles Chart. Their debut album Devil's Got Your Gold was released on 7 August 2006. The album featured tracks from the television show including "Money In My Pocket", "Never Left A Girl", "Silence", "Don't Wait Up", "All I Ever Do", the second series theme tune; "Turn It Up", and the first series theme tune "Complicated". New tracks included "If The Devil's Got Your Gold", "Wake Up" and "Palm Of Your Hand". Their song, "I'm Not Shy" was featured in a comedy sketch on the show TittyBangBang on BBC Three. The promo album sampler for Frank featured three tracks, "I'm Not Shy", "Turn It Up" and "Never Left A Girl". Frank supported fellow girl group Girls Aloud on their 2006 Chemistry Tour of England and Scotland.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Frank

   frangk, adj. free, open: (obs.) liberal: open or candid in expression: (Spens.) unrestrained.—v.t. to send free of expense, as a letter.—n. the signature of a person who had the right to frank a letter.—n. Frank′-fee, a species of tenure in fee-simple, the opposite of copyhold.—adv. Frank′ly, candidly: (obs.) gratuitously.—ns. Frank′ness; Frank′-pledge, a system of mutual suretyship by which the members of a tithing were made responsible for one another; Frank′-ten′ement, freehold. [O. Fr. franc—Low L. francus—Old High Ger. Franko, one of the tribe called Franks, a free man.]

2. Frank

   frangk, n. one of the German tribes from Franconia who conquered Gaul in the 5th century, and founded France: the name given in the East to a native of Western Europe.—adj. Frank′ish.

3. Frank

   frangk, n. (Shak.) a pig-sty.—v.t. (Shak.) to shut up in a sty, to cram, to fatten. [O. Fr. franc.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. frank

   The large fish-eating heron of our lakes and pools.

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1. frank

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'frank' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2823

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'frank' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2345

How to pronounce frank?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frank in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of frank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of frank in a Sentence

1. De Niro:

   She was very powerful and thats what it was, maybe in other scenes, there couldve been some interaction between Frank and her possibly, but thats how it was done. Shes terrific and it resonates.

2. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   The stronger our relationship, the more able we are to have the necessary and frank discussions about other issues.

3. Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad:

   Frank It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

4. Arden Laga:

   I had a very frank conversation with God five minutes before we found out that Kaden was safe and alive.

5. Joe Biden:

   Barr has spent President Joe Biden on Friday career protecting consumers, and during his time at Obama Treasury, played a critical role in creating both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the position for which I am nominating him. He was instrumental in the passage of Dodd-Frank, to ensure a future financial crisis would not create devastating economic hardship for working families.

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