frame
Nouns
- (n) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- (n) a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
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(n) 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
- (n) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat inning,
- (n) a single drawing in a comic_strip
- (n) an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (n) a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning frame of reference,
- (n) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal skeletal system, systema skeletale, skeleton,
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(n) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- the building has a steel skeleton
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(n) 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
- (n) one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
Verbs
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(v) enclose in or as if in a frame
- frame a picture
- (v) enclose in a frame, as of a picture
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(v) 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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(v) formulate in a particular style or language
- I wouldn't put it that way
- She cast her request in very polite language
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(v) make up plans or basic details for
- frame a policy
- (v) construct by fitting or uniting parts together frame up,