verb enclose in or as if in a frame.
— synonyms: frame_in, border
verb enclose in a frame, as of a picture.
verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
— synonyms: ensnare, entrap, set_up
verb formulate in a particular style or language.
— synonyms: redact, cast, put, couch
verb make up plans or basic details for.
— synonyms: compose, draw_up
verb construct by fitting or uniting parts together.
— synonyms: frame_up
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 alternative names for the body of a human being.
— synonyms: human_body, physical_body, material_body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy
noun (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat.
— synonyms: inning
noun a single drawing in a comic strip.
noun an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently.
noun a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning.
— synonyms: frame_of_reference
noun the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal.
— synonyms: skeletal_system, skeleton, systema_skeletale
noun the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape.
— synonyms: skeleton, skeletal_frame, underframe
noun a structure supporting or containing something.
— synonyms: framework
noun a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror.
— synonyms: framing
noun one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided.
Examples
“Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.”
“His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.”
“The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.”