Frame
[freɪm] or [frem]
Definition
(noun.) one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided.
(noun.) a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror; 'the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention'; 'the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held'.
(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.) an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently.
(noun.) a single drawing in a comic_strip.
(verb.) make up plans or basic details for; 'frame a policy'.
(verb.) formulate in a particular style or language; 'I wouldn't put it that way'; 'She cast her request in very polite language'.
(verb.) enclose in or as if in a frame; 'frame a picture'.
(verb.) construct by fitting or uniting parts together.
(verb.) enclose in a frame, as of a picture.
Checker: Vernon--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
(v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
(v. t.) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
(v. t.) To support.
(v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture.
(v. i.) To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.
(v. i.) To proceed; to go.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
(n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched
(n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.
(n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings.
(n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.
(n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.
(n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
(n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor.
(n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
(n.) Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.
(n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.
(n.) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Construct, build, put together.[2]. Form, compose, make, constitute.[3]. Invent, devise, plan, contrive.[4]. Fabricate, forge.[5]. Put into a frame.
n. [1]. Skeleton, framing, framework, carcass.[2]. Form, structure, fabric, system, scheme, constitution.[3]. Condition, state, temper, mood.
Editor: Lyle
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FORM]
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Definition
v.t. to form: to shape: to construct by fitting the parts to each other: to plan adjust or adapt to an end: to contrive or devise: to constitute: to put a frame or border round as a picture: to put into a frame: (Spens.) to support.—v.i. (dial.) to move: (B.) to contrive.—n. the form: a putting together of parts: a case made to enclose or support anything: the skeleton of anything: state of mind: in gardening a movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants as a 'forcing-frame ' 'cucumber-frame ' &c.: (Shak.) the act of devising.—ns. Frame′-bridge a bridge constructed of pieces of timber framed together; Frame′-house a house consisting of a skeleton of timber with boards or shingles laid on; Frame′-mak′er a maker of frames for pictures; Fram′er he who forms or constructs: one who makes frames for pictures &c.; Frame′-saw a thin saw stretched in a frame for greater rigidity; Frame′work the work that forms the frame: the skeleton or outline of anything; Fram′ing the act of constructing: a frame or setting.
Editor: Marilyn
Examples
- When she sang, every note thrilled in his dull soul, and tingled through his huge frame. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In following the final assembly line from the point where the chain conveyor engages the frame and axles, the visitor is impressed with the dispatch with which every movement is executed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- My Prince, he started, where hast thou-- and then he stopped, but I knew the question that his lips dared not frame. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I bent over the body, and took in my hand the edge of his cloak, less altered in appearance than the human frame it clothed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For the next five minutes I smoked at every pore, like a frame house that is on fire on the inside. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In order to provide against vibration I was obliged to make the frame of the machine much heavier than I first intended. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Perhaps I might not have gone near it if I had been in a stronger frame of mind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting-frames. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I only wish the machines--the frames--were safe here, and lodged within the walls of this mill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The motor was located in the front part of the locomotive, on its side, with the armature shaft across the frames, or parallel with the driving axles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For siding, sheathing, sub-flooring, shingles, window casings and frames, redwood is much used, because of its resistance to decay, both from contact with moisture or dry rot. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had risked the last of his capital on the purchase of these frames and shears which to-night had been expected. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- These early cannon, bombards, and mortars were mounted on heavy solid wooden frames and moved with great difficulty from place to place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For decorations already painted it suffices to apply it to the back and wooden frames. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- An amulet was indeed made, a spell framed which rendered enmity impossible. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Who was better framed than this highly-gifted youth to love and be beloved, and to reap unalienable joy from an unblamed passion? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The final end of life is fixed; given a state framed with this end in view, not even minor details are to be altered. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You were thinking that if the portrait were framed it would just cover that bare space and correspond with Gordon's picture over there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Will he not think that heaven and the things in heaven are framed by the Creator of them in the most perfect manner? Plato. The Republic.
- And yet, he said to himself, I feel myself ill framed for the part which I am playing. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I only know that there are some three principles of rhythm out of which metrical systems are framed, just as in sounds there are four notes (i. Plato. The Republic.
- Only by a pupil's own observations, reflections, framing and testing of suggestions can what he already knows be amplified and rectified. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A piano comprises five principal parts: first, the framing; second, the sounding board; third, the stringing; fourth, the key mechanism, or action, and fifth, the ornamental case. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- All the rest of the night I tossed and tumbled, framing theory after theory, each more unlikely than the last. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I then quietly opened my writing-desk and began framing an excuse lordship. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Now I am about to mention something of Indians, I beg that I may not be understood as framing apologies for _all_ Indians. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He seemed to be framing a question with his lips. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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