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Noun frame has 6 senses
- framework, frame, framing - a structure supporting or containing something
--1 is a kind of supporting structure
--1 has parts: backing, mount; brace, bracing
--1 has particulars: | airframe; arbor, arbour, bower, pergola; bustle; casing, case; climbing frame; clotheshorse; coaming; cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet; deckle; derrick; doorframe, doorcase; fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot; gantry, gauntry; grate, grating; grill, grille, grillwork; gun carriage; handbarrow; hayrack, hayrig; honeycomb; lattice, latticework, fretwork; mounting; oxbow; picture frame; rack; ribbing; sash, window sash; sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck; stretcher; tambour, embroidery frame, embroidery hoop; tenter; truss; undercarriage; walker, baby-walker, go-cart; walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame; wattle; window; window frame |
- frame - one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies
--2 is a kind of photograph, photo, exposure, pic
- human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh - 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"
--3 is a kind of body, organic structure, physical structure
--3 is a part of
--3 has particulars:
- inning, frame - a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat
--4 is a kind of playing period, period of play, play
--4 has parts: top, top of the inning; bottom, bottom of the inning
- skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale - the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
--5 is a kind of system
--5 is a part of musculoskeletal system
--5 has parts: skeletal structure
--5 has particulars: endoskeleton; exoskeleton
- skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
--6 is a kind of supporting structure
--6 is a part of building, edifice; ship; aircraft
--6 has particulars: chassis; hoop
Verb frame has 6 senses
- frame, frame in, border - enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture"
--1 is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- frame - enclose in a frame, as of a picture
--2 is one way to enclose, hold in, confine
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- ensnare, entrap, frame, set up - take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
--3 is one way to deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sample sentence:
They want to frame the prisoners
- frame, redact, cast, put, couch - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
--4 is one way to give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- frame, compose, draw up - draw up the plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
--5 is one way to plan
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- frame, frame up - construct by fitting or uniting parts together
--6 is one way to construct, build, make
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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