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
  • (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
    bod, chassis, human body, material body, physical body, anatomy, build, figure, flesh, physique, shape, soma, form,
  • (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,
  • (n) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
    • the building has a steel skeleton
    skeletal frame, underframe, skeleton,
  • (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
    framing,
  • (n) one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

Verbs

  • (v) enclose in or as if in a frame
    • frame a picture
    frame in, border,
  • (v) enclose in a frame, as of a picture
  • (v) take or catch as if in a snare or trap
    • I was set up!
    • The innocent man was framed by the police
    ensnare, entrap, set up,
  • (v) formulate in a particular style or language
    • I wouldn't put it that way
    • She cast her request in very polite language
    couch, redact, put, cast,
  • (v) make up plans or basic details for
    • frame a policy
    draw up, compose,
  • (v) construct by fitting or uniting parts together frame up,

Synonyms

frame in border bod chassis human body material body physical body anatomy build figure flesh physique shape soma form ensnare entrap set up inning couch redact put cast draw up compose frame up frame of reference skeletal system systema skeletale skeleton skeletal frame underframe framing

Words of close approximity

frap frat Frau fray
frail franc frank fraud
frame buffer framed frame in frame of mind frame of reference framer frame up frame-up framework