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frame /frām/ transitive verb- To form
- To shape
- To put together
- To plan, adjust or adapt
- To contrive, devise or concoct
- To bring about
- To articulate
- To direct (one's steps)
- To set about
- To enclose in a frame or border
- To make (someone) the victim of a frame-up (informal)
intransitive verb (rare)- To make one's way
- To resort
- To pretend (dialect)
- To make a move
- To give promise of progress or success
- To contrive (Bible)
noun- The body
- A putting together of parts
- A structure
- A case made to enclose, border or support anything
- The skeleton of anything
- The rigid part of a bicycle
- A structure on which embroidery is worked
- A stocking-making machine
- A loom (obsolete)
- A structure on which bees build a honeycomb
- A structure for the cultivation or sheltering of plants
- State (of mind) or mood
- Act of devising (Shakespeare)
- The individual unit picture in cinema film or in a (still or movie) photographic film, cartoon strip, etc
- Formerly, the British term for field (TV)
- The total TV picture
- A triangular support in which the balls are grouped for the break (snooker, etc)
- The balls so grouped (snooker, etc)
- In the jargon of certain games, a definite part of a game, a game, or a definite number of games
ORIGIN: OE framian to be helpful, related to fram forward framed adjective framˈer noun - A person who forms or constructs
- A person who makes frames for pictures, etc
- A person who devises
- A person who formulates (eg law)
framˈing noun - The act of constructing
- A frame or setting
frameˈ-breaker noun (historical) A person who broke stocking-frames on their introduction in protest against the unemployment they caused frameˈ-house noun A house consisting of a skeleton of timber, with boards or shingles laid on frameˈ-maker noun A maker of picture frames frameˈ-saw noun A thin saw stretched in a frame frameˈ-up noun (informal) - A trumped-up affair, esp a false criminal charge against an innocent person
- A staged or preconcerted event
frameˈwork noun - The work that forms the frame
- The skeleton or outline of anything
frame of reference - A set of axes with reference to which the position of a point, etc is described
- Any set of limits or standards as a context within which to place a specific action, event, behaviour type, etc
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