Frame

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A structure that gives shape or support.
  • noun. The structure or physique of a human or animal body.
  • noun. An open structure or rim for encasing, holding, or bordering.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines.
  • noun. The edge, usually rectangular, delimiting the boundaries of an image.
  • noun. The bounded area of a visual image, as in photography or film.
  • noun. One of the set of still images that constitute a film or video.
  • noun. A single image, as in a comic strip or graphic novel, usually bounded by a rectangular line.
  • noun. A rectangular area in which text or graphics can be shown, especially one of several rectangular areas on a web page displaying different documents simultaneously.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A general structure or system.
  • noun. A general state or condition.
  • noun. A frame of reference.
  • noun. The presentation of events in a narrative work, especially a work of literature or film, such that characters in the narrative exist in isolation, uninfluenced by, unaware of, and unable to interact with the narrator or audience.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The context in which discourse occurs.
  • noun. A pattern for a syntactic construction in which one of a group of words can vary.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A round or period of play in some games, such as bowling and billiards.
  • noun. An inning.
  • noun. A pair of eyeglasses, excluding the lenses.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A frame-up.
  • noun. Shape; form.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To enclose in a frame.
  • intransitive verb. To put together the structural parts of; construct the frame of.
  • intransitive verb. To conceive or design.
  • intransitive verb. To establish the context for and terminology regarding (a subject of discussion or debate), especially so as to exclude an unwanted point of view.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To put into words; formulate.
  • intransitive verb. To form (words) silently with the lips.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To make up evidence or contrive events so as to incriminate (a person) falsely.
  • intransitive verb. To prearrange (a contest) so as to ensure a desired fraudulent outcome; fix.
  • intransitive verb. To catch (a pitch) in such a way as to make it appear to have passed through the strike zone.
  • intransitive verb. To go; proceed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In ship-building, to erect and adjust the frames of (a vessel) in place above the keel on the building-slip.
  • To strengthen; refresh; support.
  • To execute; perform.
  • To fit, as for a specific end; make suitable or conformable; adapt; adjust.
  • To construct by fitting and uniting together the several parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts: as, to frame a house, a door, or a machine.
  • In general, to bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
  • [⟨ frame, n.] To surround or provide with a frame, as a picture; put into a frame, as a piece of cloth.
  • To profit; avail.
  • To fit; accord.
  • To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
  • To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ame  Boehme  Graeme  Mayme  Sejm  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bar  block  body  box  build  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    frame-up  
    verb-form
    framed  frames  framing