frame
IPA: frˈeɪm
noun
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- The structure of a person's body; the human body.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) 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.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (engineering, dated, chiefly UK) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
- (dated) Frame of mind; disposition.
- (obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
- (dated, video games) A stage or location in a video game.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
verb
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
- (transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
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Examples of "frame" in Sentences
- It's flush with the back of the frame.
- The length of the frame is adjustable.
- The decoration was embedded into the frame.
- In such frame of mind, sinners come to the penitent form.
- Structural frame was achieved with wooden or pliant materials.
- The swivel frame is rotatably mounted to the support structure.
- The frame structure was triangulated and emanated from the fuselage.
- A wooden pallet forms a support for the frame and the bottom of the bag.
- A hinge is secured to the jamb of a door frame and to a door in the frame.
- The frame and the sheath may be in the form of a portion of a convex curve.