'frameless

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frame (freɪm)

—n
1.	an open structure that gives shape and support to something, such as the transverse stiffening ribs of a ship's hull or an aircraft's fuselage or the skeletal beams and uprights of a building
2.	an enclosing case or border into which something is fitted: the frame of a picture
3.	the system around which something is built up: the frame of government
4.	the structure of the human body
5.	a condition; state (esp in the phrase frame of mind)
6.	a. one of a series of individual exposures on a strip of film used in making motion pictures
	b. an individual exposure on a film used in still photography
	c. an individual picture in a comic strip
7.	a. a television picture scanned by one or more electron beams at a particular frequency
	b. the area of the picture so formed
8.	billiards, snooker
	a. the wooden triangle used to set up the balls
	b. the balls when set up
	c. US and Canadian equivalent (for senses 8a, 8b): rack a single game finished when all the balls have been potted
9.	computing (on a website) a self-contained section that functions independently from other parts; by using frames, a website designer can make some areas of a website remain constant while others change according to the choices made by the internet user
10.	short for cold frame
11.	one of the sections of which a beehive is composed, esp one designed to hold a honeycomb
12.	a machine or part of a machine over which yarn is stretched in the production of textiles
13.	(in language teaching, etc) a syntactic construction with a gap in it, used for assigning words to syntactic classes by seeing which words may fill the gap
14.	statistics an enumeration of a population for the purposes of sampling, esp as the basis of a stratified sample
15.	(in telecommunications, computers, etc) one cycle of a regularly recurring number of pulses in a pulse train
16.	slang another word for frame-up
17.	obsolete shape; form
18.	in the frame likely to be awarded or to achieve: I'm in the frame for the top job

—vb
19.	to construct by fitting parts together
20.	to draw up the plans or basic details for; outline: to frame a policy
21.	to compose, contrive, or conceive: to frame a reply
22.	to provide, support, or enclose with a frame: to frame a picture
23.	to form (words) with the lips, esp silently
24.	slang to conspire to incriminate (someone) on a false charge
25.	slang to contrive the dishonest outcome of (a contest, match, etc); rig
26.	dialect (Yorkshire), (Northeast English) (intr)
	a. (usually imperative or dependent imperative) to make an effort
	b. to have ability

[Old English framiae to avail; related to Old Frisian framia to carry out, Old Norse frama]

'framable

—*adj*

'frameable

—*adj*

'frameless

—*adj*

'framer

—n

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