frank
IPA: frˈæŋk
noun
- (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
- (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
- A hot dog or sausage.
- (UK) The grey heron.
- A pigsty.
- One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A diminutive of the male given name Francis
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- (historical) Obsolete form of franc, former French coins, moneys of account, and currency. [A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro.]
verb
- To place a frank on an envelope.
- To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
- To send by public conveyance free of expense.
- To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
adjective
- honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
- (medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident
- (obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
- (obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse.
- (obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
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Examples of "frank" in Sentences
- He was very frank person.
- She had a frank attitude.
- I was very frank with you.
- To be frank, the attribution is nonsense.
- They mailed the ransom note to the Franks.
- The people are frank to the point of loquacity.
- Frank seems to have a predilection for squirrels.
- He was a student of the anthropologist Frank Speck.
- I am partial to the term frank n 'beans personally.
- The word 'candor' means honest and frank expression.
- The Franks were not the first to utilize the Francisca.
- They had a discussion which they characterized as frank and detailed.
- He paused and looked from Akinyi to Jamal, his expression frank and curious.
- Senator Roberts said the two senators have what he calls a frank and candid discussion on the issues.
- Pillay has held what she describes as "frank and forthright" talks on the Malaysian plan with Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd.
- WIAN: Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin had what he calls a frank but apparently unproductive discussion with President Bush about the dispute last week.
- Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's oil-spill response chief, had what he called a frank and open discussion Thursday with Louisiana Gov.
- Also Thursday, Allen had what he called a frank and open discussion with officials of Louisiana's coastal parishes, who are concerned that the Coast Guard and BP will pull back from the spill response once the flow of oil is stopped permanently.
- Somehow the threads of life had knotted themselves up; he had slipped so lightly into his place here, he had taken up responsibilities as he might have taken up a flower; he had meant to be what he called frank and affectionate all round, and now he felt that he was going to disappoint everyone.
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