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noun
1.
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
2.
a rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, joined so as to surround sizable empty spaces or nonstructural panels, and generally used as a major support in building or engineering works, machinery, furniture, etc.
3.
a body, especially a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique: He has a large frame.
4.
a structure for admitting or enclosing something: a window frame.
5.
EXPANDUsually, frames. (used with a plural verb) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.
6.
form, constitution, or structure in general; system; order.
7.
a particular state, as of the mind: an unhappy frame of mind.
8.
Movies. one of the successive pictures on a strip of film.
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10.
Computers. the information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time.
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Bowling.
a.
one of the ten divisions of a game.
b.
one of the squares on the scorecard, in which the score for a given frame is recorded.
12.
Pool. rack1 (def. 3).
13.
Baseball. an inning.
14.
Slang. a frame-up.
15.
enclosing lines, usually forming a square or rectangle, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like; a box.
16.
the structural unit that supports the chassis of an automobile.
17.
Nautical.
a.
any of a number of transverse, riblike members for supporting and stiffening the shell of each side of a hull.
b.
any of a number of longitudinal members running between web frames to support and stiffen the shell plating of a metal hull.
18.
a machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, especially as used in textile production: drawing frame; spinning frame.
19.
Printing. the workbench of a compositor, consisting of a cabinet, cupboards, bins, and drawers, and having flat and sloping work surfaces on top.
20.
Bookbinding. an ornamental border, similar to a picture frame, stamped on the front cover of some books.
21.
COLLAPSEin frame, Shipbuilding. (of a hull) with all frames erected and ready for planking or plating.
verb (used with object)
22.
to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together; construct.
23.
to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem: to frame a new constitution.
24.
to conceive or imagine, as an idea.
25.
Informal. to incriminate (an innocent person) through the use of false evidence, information, etc.
26.
EXPANDto provide with or put into a frame, as a picture.
27.
to give utterance to: Astonished, I attempted to frame adequate words of protest.
28.
to form or seem to form (speech) with the lips, as if enunciating carefully.
29.
to fashion or shape: to frame a bust from marble.
30.
to shape or adapt to a particular purpose: to frame a reading list for ninth graders.
31.
Informal. to contrive or prearrange fraudulently or falsely, as in a scheme or contest.
32.
to adjust (film) in a motion-picture projector so as to secure exact correspondence of the outlines of the frame and aperture.
33.
to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight.
34.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to direct, as one's steps.
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Frames
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used without object)
35.
Archaic. to betake oneself; resort.
36.
Archaic. to prepare, attempt, give promise, or manage to do something.
Origin:
before 1000; 1910–15 for def. 8; 1920–25 for def. 25; (v.) Middle English framen to prepare (timber), Old English framian to avail, profit; cognate with Old Norse frama to further, Old High German (gi)framōn to do; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
before 1000; 1910–15 for def. 8; 1920–25 for def. 25; (v.) Middle English framen to prepare (timber), Old English framian to avail, profit; cognate with Old Norse frama to further, Old High German (gi)framōn to do; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
Related forms
fram·a·ble, frame·a·ble, adjective
fram·a·ble·ness, frame·a·ble·ness, noun
frame·less, adjective
fram·er, noun
de·frame, verb (used with object), -framed, -fram·ing.
EXPANDmis·frame, verb, -framed, -fram·ing.
re·frame, verb (used with object), -framed, -fram·ing.
sub·frame, noun
un·fram·a·ble, adjective
un·fram·a·ble·ness, noun
un·fram·a·b·ly, adverb
un·frame·a·ble, adjective
un·frame·a·ble·ness, noun
un·frame·a·b·ly, adverb
un·framed, adjective
well-framed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
frame
O.E. framian "to profit, be helpful, make progress," from fram "vigorous, bold," originally "going forward;" influenced by related O.E. fremman "help forward, promote, further, do, perform, accomplish," and by O.N. fremja "to further, execute" (see from). Sense focused in M.E.
EXPANDfrom "make ready" to "prepare timber for building" (late 14c.). Meaning of "compose, devise" is first attested 1540s. The noun meaning "established order, plan" and that of "human body" are both first recorded 1590s; originally the noun meant "the rack" (late 14c.). Meaning "building" is from early 15c.; that of "border or case for a picture or pane of glass" is from c.1600. Of bicycles, from 1871; of motor cars, from 1900. The criminal slang sense of "blame an innocent person" (1920s) is probably from earlier sense of "plot in secret" (1900), perhaps ultimately from meaning "fabricate a story with evil intent," first attested 1510s. Related: Framed; framing. Frame of reference is 1897, from mechanics and graphing; the figurative sense is attested from 1924.
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frame (frām)
n.
Something composed of parts fitted and joined together.
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