FRAME
Scrabble letter values: F4R1A1M3E1 = 10
Definition
- 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
- “frame a picture”
- “I was set up!”
- “The innocent man was framed by the police”