frame (n.)

  1. the framework for a pair of eyeglasses

  2. 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

    [ Syn: framing ]

  3. one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

  4. a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film

  5. alternative names for the body of a human being; Leonardo studied the human body; he has a strong physique; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

    [ Syn: human body , physical body , material body , soma , build , figure , physique , anatomy , shape , bod , chassis , form , flesh ]

  6. (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

    [ Syn: inning ]

  7. a single drawing in a comic_strip

  8. an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently

  9. a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

    [ Syn: frame of reference ]

  10. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

    [ Syn: skeletal system , skeleton , systema skeletale ]

  11. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; the building has a steel skeleton

    [ Syn: skeleton , skeletal frame , underframe ]

    frame (v.)

  1. enclose in or as if in a frame; frame a picture

    [ Syn: frame in , border ]

  2. enclose in a frame, as of a picture

  3. take or catch as if in a snare or trap; I was set up!; The innocent man was framed by the police

    [ Syn: ensnare , entrap , set up ]

  4. formulate in a particular style or language; I wouldnt put it that way; She cast her request in very polite language

    [ Syn: redact , cast , put , couch ]

  5. make up plans or basic details for; frame a policy

    [ Syn: compose , draw up ]

  6. construct by fitting or uniting parts together

    [ Syn: frame up ]

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