Definition of "frame"
- verb
To strengthen; refresh; support.
To execute; perform.
To profit; avail.
To fit; accord.
To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to add a decorative border.
To position visually within a fixed boundary.
To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
(criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
To move.
- noun
The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
The structure of a person's 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.
A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
An independent chunk of data sent over the wires of a network.
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.
The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second.
An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
An inning.
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