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frame
[freym]
noun
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
a rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, joined so as to surround sizable empty spaces or nonstructural panels, and generally used as a major support in building or engineering works, machinery, furniture, etc.
a body, especially a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique.
He has a large frame.
a structure for admitting or enclosing something.
a window frame.
(used with a plural verb)ĢżUsually frames. the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.
form, constitution, or structure in general; system; order.
Movies.Ģżone of the successive pictures on a strip of film.
Television.Ģża single traversal by the electron beam of all the scanning lines on a television screen. In the U.S. this is a total of 525 lines traversed in 1/30 (0.033) second.
Computers.Ģżthe information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time.
Bowling.Ģż
one of the ten divisions of a game.
one of the squares on the scorecard, in which the score for a given frame is recorded.
Pool.Ģżrack.
Baseball.Ģżan inning.
Slang.Ģża frame-up.
enclosing lines, usually forming a square or rectangle, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like; a box.
the structural unit that supports the chassis of an automobile.
Nautical.Ģż
any of a number of transverse, riblike members for supporting and stiffening the shell of each side of a hull.
any of a number of longitudinal members running between web frames to support and stiffen the shell plating of a metal hull.
a machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, especially as used in textile production: spinning frame.
drawing frame;
spinning frame.
Printing.Ģżthe workbench of a compositor, consisting of a cabinet, cupboards, bins, and drawers, and having flat and sloping work surfaces on top.
Bookbinding.Ģżan ornamental border, similar to a picture frame, stamped on the front cover of some books.
Shipbuilding.Ģżin frame, (of a hull) with all frames erected and ready for planking or plating.
verb (used with object)
to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together; construct.
to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem.
to frame a new constitution.
to conceive or imagine, as an idea.
Informal.Ģżto incriminate (an innocent person) through the use of false evidence, information, etc.
to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture.
to give utterance to.
Astonished, I attempted to frame adequate words of protest.
to form or seem to form (speech) with the lips, as if enunciating carefully.
to fashion or shape.
to frame a bust from marble.
to shape or adapt to a particular purpose.
to frame a reading list for ninth graders.
Informal.Ģżto contrive or prearrange fraudulently or falsely, as in a scheme or contest.
to adjust (film) in a motion-picture projector so as to secure exact correspondence of the outlines of the frame and aperture.
to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight.
Archaic.Ģżto direct, as one's steps.
verb (used without object)
Archaic.Ģżto betake oneself; resort.
Archaic.Ģżto prepare, attempt, give promise, or manage to do something.
frame
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noun
an open structure that gives shape and support to something, such as the transverse stiffening ribs of a ship's hull or an aircraft's fuselage or the skeletal beams and uprights of a building
an enclosing case or border into which something is fitted
the frame of a picture
the system around which something is built up
the frame of government
the structure of the human body
a condition; state (esp in the phrase frame of mind )
one of a series of individual exposures on a strip of film used in making motion pictures
an individual exposure on a film used in still photography
an individual picture in a comic strip
a television picture scanned by one or more electron beams at a particular frequency
the area of the picture so formed
billiards snooker
the wooden triangle used to set up the balls
the balls when set up
US and Canadian equivalent (for senses 8a, 8b): rack.Ģża single game finished when all the balls have been potted
computing (on a website) a self-contained section that functions independently from other parts; by using frames, a website designer can make some areas of a website remain constant while others change according to the choices made by the internet user
short for cold frame
one of the sections of which a beehive is composed, esp one designed to hold a honeycomb
a machine or part of a machine over which yarn is stretched in the production of textiles
(in language teaching, etc) a syntactic construction with a gap in it, used for assigning words to syntactic classes by seeing which words may fill the gap
statistics an enumeration of a population for the purposes of sampling, esp as the basis of a stratified sample
(in telecommunications, computers, etc) one cycle of a regularly recurring number of pulses in a pulse train
slangĢżanother word for frame-up
obsoleteĢżshape; form
likely to be awarded or to achieve
I'm in the frame for the top job
verb
to construct by fitting parts together
to draw up the plans or basic details for; outline
to frame a policy
to compose, contrive, or conceive
to frame a reply
to provide, support, or enclose with a frame
to frame a picture
to form (words) with the lips, esp silently
slangĢżto conspire to incriminate (someone) on a false charge
slangĢżto contrive the dishonest outcome of (a contest, match, etc); rig
dialectĢż(intr)
(usually imperative or dependent imperative) to make an effort
to have ability
Frame
2/ “Ś°ł±šÉŖ³¾ /
noun
Janet . 1924ā2004, and New Zealand writer: author of the novels Owls Do Cry (1957) and Faces in the Water (1961), the collection of verse The Pocket (1967), and volumes of autobiography including An Angel at My Table (1984), which was made into a film in 1990
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- framable adjective
- frameable adjective
- framableness noun
- frameableness noun
- frameless adjective
- framer noun
- deframe verb (used with object)
- misframe verb
- reframe verb (used with object)
- subframe noun
- unframable adjective
- unframableness noun
- unframably adverb
- unframeable adjective
- unframeableness noun
- unframeably adverb
- unframed adjective
- well-framed adjective
- Ė“Ś°ł²¹³¾²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
- Ė“Ś°ł²¹³¾±š°ł noun
- Ė“Ś°ł²¹³¾±š±ō±š²õ²õ adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of frame1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of frame1
Idioms and Phrases
frame of mind. frame of mind.
Example Sentences
āItās been super slow. You can see how it is outside,ā Crystal Torres said behind the counter at her Santee Street store, Bijoux Bijoux, framed by rows of glittering purses.
Eventually, technology allows these distant intimates to share a frame.
He retired the side in order in each of the other three frames he pitched.
I liked chunks of the film, but it rankled me that she framed the spouse as such a consolation-prize loser to make her heroine come off as sacrificial.
Pictures show a burnt bed frame lying in the street.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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