frame

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
2. (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
3. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
4. (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
5. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
6. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
7. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
8. (transitive) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
9. (dialectal, intransitive) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
10. (dialectal, intransitive) To move.
11. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
12. To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
13. (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen; refresh; support.
14. (obsolete, transitive) To execute; perform.
15. (obsolete, transitive) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
16. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
17. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
18. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.

Noun

1. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
2. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
3. A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
4. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
5. A piece of photographic film containing an image.
6. A context for understanding or interpretation.
7. A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
8. An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
9. 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.
10. The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
11. A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
12. The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
13. The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
14. A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
15. (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
16. (slang) An inning.
17. (UK, dated) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
18. (dated) Frame of mind; disposition.
19. (obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
20. (dated) A stage or location in a video game.
21. A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
22. A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
23. A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.

Synonyms

framework

structure

form

body

build

figure

stand

skeleton

physique

shape

chassis

framing

mount

shot

picture frame

shell

🐚

cadre

hull

rim

constitution

crosspiece

make

border

table

set up

casing

rib

rack

draw up

slander

window-frame

plan

anatomy

compose

design

picture

stature

still

stage

frame of reference

frame in

frame up

entrap

scaffold

shelf

case

bed

🛏️

carcass

couch

🛋️

construct

Translations

Rahmen

cadre

cornice

marco

enmarcar

ossature

encadrer

quadro

🖼️

إطار

moldura

lijst

Frame

scheletro

πλαίσιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹeɪm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: framen

Inherited from Old English: framian

Cognate with Low German: framen

Cognate with Danish: fremme

Cognate with Swedish: främja

Cognate with Icelandic: fremja

Inherited from Middle English: frame

Cognate with Anglo-Norman: -

Cognate with Old French: frame

Cognate with Frankish: *hramu

Cognate with Dutch: raam

In summary

From Middle English framen, fremen, fremmen (“to construct, build, strengthen, refresh, perform, execute, profit, avail”), from Old English framian, fremian, fremman (“to profit, avail, advance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frammjan, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to further, promote, perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”).
Cognate with Low German framen (“to commit, effect”), Danish fremme (“to promote, further, perform”), Swedish främja (“to promote, encourage, foster”), Icelandic fremja (“to commit”). More at from.

Sentences

This also defines a parallel transport on the frame bundle .