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frame meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of frame at MeaningMonkey.org. frame meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.FRAME noun
Definition of frame (noun)
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- 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"
- synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- synonyms: inning
- a single drawing in a comic_strip
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- synonyms: frame of reference
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- synonyms: skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- "the building has a steel skeleton"
- synonyms: skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe
- 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"
- synonyms: framing
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
FRAME verb
Definition of frame (verb)
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- formulate in a particular style or language
- make up plans or basic details for
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- synonyms: frame up
Source: Princeton University Wordnet