frame
[freɪm]
n
an open structure that gives shape and support to something, such as the transverse stiffening ribs of a ship's hull or an aircraft's fuselage or the skeletal beams and uprights of a building
an enclosing case or border into which something is fitted
the frame of a picture
the system around which something is built up
the frame of government
the structure of the human body
a condition; state (esp in the phrase frame of mind)
one of a series of individual exposures on a strip of film used in making motion pictures.an individual exposure on a film used in still photography.an individual picture in a comic strip
a television picture scanned by one or more electron beams at a particular frequency.the area of the picture so formed
the wooden triangle used to set up the balls.the balls when set up.a single game finished when all the balls have been potted.US and Canadian equivalent (for senses 8a, 8b) rack
(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
short for cold frame
one of the sections of which a beehive is composed, esp one designed to hold a honeycomb
a machine or part of a machine over which yarn is stretched in the production of textiles
(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
an enumeration of a population for the purposes of sampling, esp as the basis of a stratified sample
(in telecommunications, computers, etc) one cycle of a regularly recurring number of pulses in a pulse train
another word for frame-up
shape; form
vb
to construct by fitting parts together
to draw up the plans or basic details for; outline
to frame a policy
to compose, contrive, or conceive
to frame a reply
to provide, support, or enclose with a frame
to frame a picture
to form (words) with the lips, esp silently
to conspire to incriminate (someone) on a false charge
to contrive the dishonest outcome of (a contest, match, etc); rig
to make an effort.to have ability
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