frame

Plural: frames

Noun

• the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
• a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
• alternative names for the body of a human being
• (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
• a single drawing in a comic_strip
• an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
• a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
• the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
• the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
• 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"
• one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
• The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
• Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
• A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
• A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
• A piece of photographic film containing an image.
• A context for understanding or interpretation.
• A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
• An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
• A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
• The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
• A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
• The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
• The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
• A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
• An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
• An inning.
• Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
• Frame of mind; disposition.
• Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
• A stage or location in a video game.
• A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
• A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
• A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.

Verb

Verb Forms: framed, framing, frames

• To construct or put together the basic structure of something.
• enclose in or as if in a frame
  • "frame a picture"
• enclose in a frame, as of a picture
• take or catch as if in a snare or trap
  • "The innocent man was framed by the police"
• formulate in a particular style or language
• make up plans or basic details for
  • "frame a policy"
• construct by fitting or uniting parts together
• To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
• To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
• To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
• Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
• Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
• To position visually within a fixed boundary.
• To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
• Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
• To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
• To move.
• To proceed; to go.
• To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
• To strengthen; refresh; support.
• To execute; perform.
• To cause; to bring about; to produce.
• To profit; avail.
• To fit; accord.
• To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.

Examples

• A film projector shows many frames in a single second.
• All have sworn him an oath that they should frame his will on earth.
• His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.
• How would you frame your accomplishments?
• In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.
• Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.
• Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.
• She tried to FRAME a seven-letter word but couldn’t quite make the letters fit.
• The director frames the fishing scene very well.
• The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to frame her.
• The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.
• The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.
• They have framed this sentencing bill as not caring about victims; we have to frame it as preventing government overreach.

Synonyms

anatomy, bod, border, build, cast, chassis, compose, couch, draw up, ensnare, entrap, figure, flesh, form, frame in, frame of reference, frame up, framing, human body, inning, material body, physical body, physique, put, redact, set up, shape, skeletal frame, skeletal system, skeleton, soma, systema skeletale, underframe, carriage, fit up, put up

Related Words

FRAMABLE

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