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frame - Dictionary definition and meaning for frame

FRAME

  • (noun) one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

  • (noun) 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"

    synonyms : framing

  • (noun) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses

  • (noun) a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film

  • (noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape

    "the building has a steel skeleton"

    synonyms : skeletal frame , skeleton , underframe

  • (noun) 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"

    synonyms : anatomy , bod , build , chassis , figure , flesh , form , human body , material body , physical body , physique , shape , soma

    Spinal chord is like the chassis of the human body. -added by Aswathy_inlas

  • (noun) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

    synonyms : skeletal system , skeleton , systema skeletale

  • (noun) a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

    synonyms : frame of reference

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

  • (noun) a single drawing in a comic_strip

  • (noun) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

    synonyms : inning

  • (verb) make up plans or basic details for

    "frame a policy"

    synonyms : compose , draw up

  • (verb) formulate in a particular style or language

    "I wouldn't put it that way", "She cast her request in very polite language"

    synonyms : cast , couch , put , redact

  • (verb) enclose in or as if in a frame

    "frame a picture"

    synonyms : border , frame in

  • (verb) construct by fitting or uniting parts together

    synonyms : frame up

  • (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap

    "I was set up!", "The innocent man was framed by the police"

    synonyms : ensnare , entrap , set up

  • (verb) enclose in a frame, as of a picture

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


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