English Explanatory Dictionary

frame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
  2. To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
  3. To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
  4. To put together the structural elements of (a constructed object such as a building).
  5. To place (a picture such as a painting or photograph) inside a decorative border.
  6. To position visually within a fixed boundary.
  7. To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
  8. Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
  9. To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
  10. To move.
  11. To proceed; to go.
  12. To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
noun
  1. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
  2. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
  3. A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
  4. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
  5. A piece of photographic film containing an image.
  6. A context for understanding or interpretation.
  7. A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
  8. A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
  9. An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
  10. A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
  11. The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
  12. A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Pronunciation

/fɹeɪm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-frame.wav en-us-frame.ogg

Word forms

frame frames framing framed

Etymology

From Middle English framen, fremen, fremmen (“to construct, build, strengthen, refresh, perform, execute, profit, avail”), from Old English framian, fremian, fremman (“to profit, avail, advance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frammjan, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to further, promote, perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Low German framen (“to commit, effect”), Danish fremme (“to promote, further, perform”), Swedish främja (“to promote, encourage, foster”), Icelandic fremja (“to commit”). More at from.

Synonyms

frame up put up set up fit up carriage

Derived words

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