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Frame

//fɹeɪm// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.
2
An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Noun

1
The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
"Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls."
2
one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided wordnet
3
Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
"The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare, Enchac’d with thouſands euer ſhining lamps, Will ſooner burne the glorious frame of Heauen, Then ſhould it ſo conſpire my ouerthrow."
4
a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror wordnet
5
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.
"His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame."

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6
the framework for a pair of eyeglasses wordnet
7
A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
"He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own."
8
a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film wordnet
9
A piece of photographic film containing an image.
"12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift If the audience had a nickel for every time a character on one side of the frame says something could never happen as it simultaneously happens on the other side of the frame, they’d have enough to pay the surcharge for the movie’s badly implemented 3-D."
10
a structure supporting or containing something wordnet
11
A context for understanding or interpretation.
"In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed."
12
the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape wordnet
13
A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
"Didn't you ever wonder this whole thing may be a frame?"
14
alternative names for the body of a human being wordnet
15
A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
16
the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal wordnet
17
An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
18
a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning wordnet
19
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.
20
an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently wordnet
21
The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
"In knockemdowns and bowls ten pins are used, the centre one being called the king, and the ball has to be grounded before it reaches the frame."
22
a single drawing in a comic strip wordnet
23
A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
"a forcing-frame; a cucumber frame"
24
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat wordnet
25
The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
26
The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
27
A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
28
An individually scrollable region of a webpage. Internet
29
An inning. slang
30
Any of certain machines built upon or within framework. UK, dated
"a stocking frame; a lace frame; a spinning frame"
31
Frame of mind; disposition. dated
"to be always in a happy frame"
32
Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming. obsolete
"John the bastard / Whose spirits toil in frame of villainies."
33
A stage or location in a video game. dated
"When you play the game it will draw a set pattern depending on the frame you are on, with random additions to the pattern, to give a different orchard each time."
34
A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
35
A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
36
A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
37
Clipping of page frame or memory frame. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Verb

1
To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust. transitive
"I will hereafter frame myself to be coy."
2
make up plans or basic details for wordnet
3
To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts. transitive
"Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements, Warring within our breaſts for regiment, Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:"
4
formulate in a particular style or language wordnet
5
To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise. transitive
"He began to frame the loveliest countenance he could."

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enclose in or as if in a frame wordnet
7
Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements. transitive
"Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof."
8
construct by fitting or uniting parts together wordnet
9
Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border. transitive
10
take or catch as if in a snare or trap wordnet
11
To position visually within a fixed boundary. transitive
"The director frames the fishing scene very well."
12
enclose in a frame, as of a picture wordnet
13
To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation. transitive
"How would you frame your accomplishments?"
14
Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person. transitive
"The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to frame her."
15
To wash ore with the aid of a frame. dialectal, intransitive
16
To move. dialectal, intransitive
"An oath, and a threat to set Throttler on me if I did not "frame off" rewarded my perseverance."
17
To proceed; to go. intransitive, obsolete
"The beautie of this ſinfull Dame, / Made many Princes thither frame, / To ſeeke her as a bedfellow, / In maryage pleaſures, playfellow:"
18
To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
19
To strengthen; refresh; support. obsolete, transitive
"At last with creeping crooked pace forth came / An old old man, with beard as white as snow, / That on a staffe his feeble steps did frame"
20
To execute; perform. obsolete, transitive
"All have sworn him an oath that they should frame his will on earth."
21
To cause; to bring about; to produce. obsolete, transitive
"Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds."
22
To profit; avail. intransitive, obsolete
23
To fit; accord. intransitive, obsolete
"When thou hast turned them all ways, and done thy best to hew them and to make them frame, thou must be fain to cast them out."
24
To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English framen, fremen, fremmen (“to construct, build, strengthen, refresh, perform, execute, profit, avail”), from Old English framian, fremian, fremman (“to profit, avail, advance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frammjan, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to further, promote, perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Low German framen (“to commit, effect”), Danish fremme (“to promote, further, perform”), Swedish främja (“to promote, encourage, foster”), Icelandic fremja (“to commit”). More at from.

Etymology 2

From Middle English frame (“profit, benefit, advantage; a structure composed according to a plan”), from the verb (above) and also from Old Norse frami (“advantage, fame, bravery, efficiency, privilege, honor”); and frame (“a framework or structure of any kind”) which is of uncertain origin. The latter is usually regarded as a derivative of former; however, compare the rare Anglo-Norman and Old French frame, fraine (“frame, framework”), itself of uncertain origin, which might be a borrowing from the English, from the Norse, or even possibly ultimately from Frankish *hramu (“frame”) related to Dutch raam (“window frame”).

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