frame (frm) v. framed, fram·ing, frames v.tr. 1. To build by putting together the structural parts of; construct: frame a house. 2. To conceive or design: framed an alternate proposal. 3. To arrange or adjust for a purpose: The question was framed to draw only one answer. 4. a. To put into words; formulate: frame a reply. b. To form (words) silently with the lips. 5. To enclose in or as if in a frame: frame a painting. 6. Informal a. To make up evidence or contrive events so as to incriminate (a person) falsely. b. To prearrange (a contest) so as to ensure a desired fraudulent outcome; fix: frame a prizefight. v.intr. 1. Archaic To go; proceed. 2. Obsolete To manage; contrive. n. 1. Something composed of parts fitted and joined together. 2. A structure that gives shape or support: the frame of a house. 3. a. An open structure or rim for encasing, holding, or bordering: a window frame; the frame of a mirror. b. A closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines. 4. A pair of eyeglasses, excluding the lenses. Often used in the plural: had new lenses fitted into an old pair of frames. 5. The structure of a human or animal body; physique: a workers sturdy frame. 6. A cold frame. 7. A general structure or system: the frame of government. 8. A general state or condition: The news put me into a better frame of mind. 9. A frame of reference. 10. Sports & Games a. A round or period of play in some games, such as bowling and billiards. b. Baseball An inning. 11. A single picture on a roll of movie film or videotape. 12. The total area of a complete picture in television broadcasting. 13. An individual drawing within a comic strip. 14. Computer Science a. A rectangular segment within a browsers window that can be scrolled independently of other such segments. b. A single step in a sequence of programmed instructions. 15. Informal A frame-up. 16. Obsolete Shape; form. [Middle English framen, from Old English framian, to further, from fram, forward; see from.] frama·ble, framea·ble adj. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. frame (freɪm) n 1. an open structure that gives shape and support to something, such as the transverse stiffening ribs of a ships hull or an aircrafts fuselage or the skeletal beams and uprights of a building 2. an enclosing case or border into which something is fitted: the frame of a picture. 3. the system around which something is built up: the frame of government. 4. the structure of the human body 5. a condition; state (esp in the phrase frame of mind) 6. (Photography) a. one of a series of individual exposures on a strip of film used in making motion pictures b. an individual exposure on a film used in still photography c. an individual picture in a comic strip 7. (Electronics) a. a television picture scanned by one or more electron beams at a particular frequency b. the area of the picture so formed 8. (Billiards & Snooker) billiards snooker a. the wooden triangle used to set up the balls b. the balls when set up c. a single game finished when all the balls have been potted. US and Canadian equivalent (for senses 8a, 8b): rack 9. (Computer Science) computing (on a website) a self-contained section that functions independently from other parts; by using frames, a website designer can make some areas of a website remain constant while others change according to the choices made by the internet user 10. (Horticulture) short for cold frame 11. (Agriculture) one of the sections of which a beehive is composed, esp one designed to hold a honeycomb 12. (Textiles) a machine or part of a machine over which yarn is stretched in the production of textiles 13. (Linguistics) (in language teaching, etc) a syntactic construction with a gap in it, used for assigning words to syntactic classes by seeing which words may fill the gap 14. (Statistics) statistics an enumeration of a population for the purposes of sampling, esp as the basis of a stratified sample 15. (Electronics) (in telecommunications, computers, etc) one cycle of a regularly recurring number of pulses in a pulse train 16. another word for frame-up 17. shape; form 18. in the frame likely to be awarded or to achieve: Im in the frame for the top job. vb (mainly tr) 19. to construct by fitting parts together 20. to draw up the plans or basic details for; outline: to frame a policy. 21. to compose, contrive, or conceive: to frame a reply. 22. to provide, support, or enclose with a frame: to frame a picture. 23. to form (words) with the lips, esp silently 24. to conspire to incriminate (someone) on a false charge 25. to contrive the dishonest outcome of (a contest, match, etc); rig 26. (intr) a. (usually imperative or dependent imperative) to make an effort b. to have ability [Old English framiae to avail; related to Old Frisian framia to carry out, Old Norse frama] ˈframable ˈframeable adj ˈframeless adj ˈframer n Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 frame (freɪm) n., v. framed, fram•ing. n. 1. a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc. 2. a rigid structure formed of joined pieces and used as a major support, as in buildings, machinery, and furniture. 3. a body, esp. a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique: a large frame. 4. a structure for admitting or enclosing something: a window frame. 5. Usu., frames. the framework for a pair of eyeglasses. 6. form, constitution, or structure in general. 7. a particular state: an unhappy frame of mind. 8. one of the successive pictures on a strip of film. 9. a. one of the ten divisions of a bowling game. b. one of the squares on the scorecard in which the score for a given frame is recorded. 10. rack 1 (def. 4). 11. a baseball inning. 12. a machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, esp. as used in textile production: a spinning frame. 13. one of the separate drawings in a comic strip, usu. set off by a border. 14. a rectangular portion of a page, often with enclosing lines, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like. v.t. 15. to construct; shape. 16. to devise; compose: to frame a new constitution. 17. to conceive or imagine, as an idea. 18. to incriminate (an innocent person) so as to ensure a verdict of guilty. 19. to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture. 20. to form (speech) carefully with the lips. 21. to prearrange fraudulently, as in a scheme or contest. 22. to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight. v.i. 23. Archaic. to go; proceed. 24. Archaic. to manage to do something. [before 1000; Middle English: to prepare (timber), Old English framian to avail, profit] fram′a•ble, frame′a•ble, adj. fram′a•ble•ness, frame′a•ble•ness, n. frame′less, adj. fram′er, n. Random House Kernerman Websters College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Frame a number of vehicles travelling together; a scaffold or framework, usually used figuratively. Examples: the heavy frame of the forest, 1848; frame of mind, 1711; of our monarchy, 1844; of society, 1825; of the spirit, 1665; of sticks, 1577; of timber, 1545; of waggons [number travelling together]; of the world, 1561. Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. In photography, any single exposure contained within a continuous sequence of photographs.
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