English to English
frame
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noun (n)
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- alternative names for the body of a human being(noun.body)Synonym:
anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, somasource: wordnet30 - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat(noun.time)source: wordnet30
- a single drawing in a comic_strip(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning(noun.cognition)source: wordnet30
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal(noun.body)source: wordnet30
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror(noun.artifact)Example:
The frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention.
The frame was much more valuable than the miror it held.
source: wordnet30 - one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.(noun)source: webster1913
- In games:
(a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points.(b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture(verb.stative)source: wordnet30
- To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve,
v. t. , Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.(verb)source: webster1913 - To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.(verb)source: webster1913