What does Frame Mean?
Definition as Noun
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a structure supporting or containing something
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
Definition as Verb
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- make up plans or basic details for
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
Synonyms
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human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, form, flesh
Examples
- "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held"
- "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
- "the building has a steel skeleton"
- "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
- "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"