FRAME

/fɹeɪm/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 11

Definition

  1. verb enclose in or as if in a frame. — synonyms: frame_in, border
  2. verb enclose in a frame, as of a picture.
  3. verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap. — synonyms: ensnare, entrap, set_up
  4. verb formulate in a particular style or language. — synonyms: redact, cast, put, couch
  5. verb make up plans or basic details for. — synonyms: compose, draw_up
  6. verb construct by fitting or uniting parts together. — synonyms: frame_up
  7. noun the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.
  8. noun a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film.
  9. noun alternative names for the body of a human being. — synonyms: human_body, physical_body, material_body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy
  10. noun (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat. — synonyms: inning
  11. noun a single drawing in a comic strip.
  12. noun an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently.
  13. noun a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning. — synonyms: frame_of_reference
  14. noun the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal. — synonyms: skeletal_system, skeleton, systema_skeletale
  15. noun the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape. — synonyms: skeleton, skeletal_frame, underframe
  16. noun a structure supporting or containing something. — synonyms: framework
  17. noun a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror. — synonyms: framing
  18. 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.”

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