Definition of Frame

Noun

• one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
  
• a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
  "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention"
  "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held"
  framing
• the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
  "the building has a steel skeleton"
  skeleton - skeletal frame - underframe
• the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
  - skeletal system skeleton - systema skeletale
• a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
  - frame of reference
• an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
  
• a single drawing in a comic_strip
  
• (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
  inning
• alternative names for the body of a human being
  "Leonardo studied the human body"
  "he has a strong physique"
  "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
  - human body - physical body - material body soma build figure physique anatomy shape bod chassis form flesh
• a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
  
• the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
  

Verb

• construct by fitting or uniting parts together
  - frame up
• make up plans or basic details for
  "frame a policy"
  compose - draw up
• formulate in a particular style or language
  "I wouldn't put it that way"
  "She cast her request in very polite language"
  redact cast put couch
• take or catch as if in a snare or trap
  "I was set up!"
  "The innocent man was framed by the police"
  ensnare entrap - set up
• enclose in a frame, as of a picture
  
• enclose in or as if in a frame
  "frame a picture"
  - frame in border

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