FRAME
\fɹˈe͡ɪm], \fɹˈeɪm], \f_ɹ_ˈeɪ_m]\
Definitions of FRAME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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draw up the plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
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take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
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one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies
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the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
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the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
By Princeton University
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draw up the plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
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take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
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one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies
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the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
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the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
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To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
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To cause; to bring about; to produce.
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To support.
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To provide with a frame, as a picture.
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To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.
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To proceed; to go.
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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.
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The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
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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
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The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.
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A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings.
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The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.
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A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.
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A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
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A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
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Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.
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Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.
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Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
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In games: (a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points. (b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.
By Oddity Software
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To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
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To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
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To cause; to bring about; to produce.
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To support.
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To provide with a frame, as a picture.
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To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.
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To proceed; to go.
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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.
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The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
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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
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The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.
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A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings.
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The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.
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A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.
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A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
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A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
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Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.
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Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.
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Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
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In games: (a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points. (b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.
By Noah Webster.
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Something constructed or made of parts fitted and joined together; that on which anything is held or stretched; as, a quilting frame; any contrivance for inclosing, admitting, or supporting something; as, a window frame; shape; temper; state; as, of the mind.
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To fit (one thing) into another; shape or form; adjust or regulate; invent; adapt.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To form: to shape: to construct by fitting the parts to each other: to plan: to constitute: to put a border on: (B.) to contrive.
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The form: a putting together of parts: a case made to inclose or support anything: the skeleton: state of mind.
By Daniel Lyons
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Fabric; structure; contrivance to inclose or support; state of mind.
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To construct; adjust; contrive; put a frame on.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put together; contrive; arrange; shape; surround with a frame.
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Something composed of parts united in a system; arrangement; constitution; framework; case.
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A mental state or condition.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure;—any kind of case or structure for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which contains a window, door, picture, or looking-glass;—a sort of loom;—the bodily structure; make or build of a person; the skeleton;—form; constitution; system;—contrivance; projection;—particular state, as of the mind; humour.
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Anything made so as to inclose or admit something else; order, regularity; scheme; order; contrivance; mechanical construction; shape, form, proportion.
By Thomas Sheridan
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