Frame Meaning and Definition


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Frame meaning

Word: Frame

How to pronounce: freɪm

Noun

Definitions:

1. A rigid structure that surrounds or encloses something such as a door or window.

Example sentences: "His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her face."

2. A person's body with reference to its size or build.

Example sentences: "A shiver shook her slim frame"

3. A basic structure that underlies or supports a system, concept, or text.

Example sentences: "The establishment of conditions provides a frame for interpretation"

4. A structural environment within which a class of words or other linguistic units can be correctly used. For example I — him is a frame for a large class of transitive verbs.

Example sentences: "Correct capitalization could help German readers extract the structural frame of a sentence."

5. A single complete picture in a series forming a movie, television, or video film.

Example sentences: "Video footage slowed down to 20 frames a second"

6. A round of play in bowling.An inning in a baseball game.

7. Short for frame-up

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Example sentences: "He had the photo framed"

2. Create or formulate (a concept, plan, or system)

Example sentences: "The staff have proved invaluable in framing the proposals"

3. Produce false evidence against (an innocent person) so that they appear guilty.

4. Erect the framework of a building.

Example sentences: "Wednesday the workmen arrive to frame up the room, drywall it, paint it, and put up shelves."


Synonyms:

fps

cadre

door frame

rack

chassis

underframe

bedplate

base frame

sash

framework

structure

confines

fabric

bezel

rim

casing

shell

fringe

skeleton

skeleton frame

armature

skeletal system

edging

boundary

margin

edge

border

bound

design

scheme

configuration

plan

project

picture

shape

form

physique

constitution

fabricate

build

formulate

figure


Derivations:

framing

framed

framework


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Frame in Other Languages...

Spanish: Marco

German: Rahmen

French: Cadre

Italian: Cornice

Turkish: Kare


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