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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024frame /freɪm/USA pronunciation n., v., framed, fram•ing. n. [countable] - a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- Building, Civil Engineeringa rigid structure formed of joined pieces and used as a major support, as in buildings, machinery, and furniture:The frame of the car was rusting.
- Anatomya body, esp. a human body, with reference to its size or build;
physique:a large frame. - Buildinga structure for letting something in or enclosing something:a window frame.
- a particular state:an unhappy frame of mind.
- Cinema, Show Businessone of the successive pictures on a strip of film:Most of the frames came out all right.
v. [~ + object] - to construct;
shape;
develop;
devise;
compose:to frame a new constitution. - Informal Termsto cause (an innocent person) to seem guilty:to invent false evidence and frame a defendant.
- to provide with or put into a frame:to frame the portrait.
fram•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024frame (frām),USA pronunciation n., v., framed, fram•ing. n. - a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- Building, Civil Engineeringa 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.
- Anatomya body, esp. a human body, with reference to its size or build;
physique:He has a large frame. - Buildinga structure for admitting or enclosing something:a window frame.
- Usually, frames. (used with a pl. v.) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.
- form, constitution, or structure in general;
system;
order. - a particular state, as of the mind:an unhappy frame of mind.
- Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures.]one of the successive pictures on a strip of film.
- Radio and Television[Television.]a single traversal by the electron beam of all the scanning lines on a television screen. In the U.S. this is a total of 525 lines traversed in 1⁄30 second. Cf. field (def. 19).
- Computingthe information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time.
- Sport[Bowling.]
- one of the ten divisions of a game.
- one of the squares on the scorecard, in which the score for a given frame is recorded.
- Games[Pool.]rack1 (def. 3).
- Sport[Baseball.]an inning.
- Slang Termsa frame-up.
- Printingenclosing lines, usually forming a square or rectangle, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like;
a box. - the structural unit that supports the chassis of an automobile.
- [Naut.]
- Naval Termsany of a number of transverse, riblike members for supporting and stiffening the shell of each side of a hull.
- Naval Termsany of a number of longitudinal members running between web frames to support and stiffen the shell plating of a metal hull.
- Mechanical Engineering, Textilesa machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, esp. as used in textile production:drawing frame; spinning frame.
- Printingthe workbench of a compositor, consisting of a cabinet, cupboards, bins, and drawers, and having flat and sloping work surfaces on top.
- Printing[Bookbinding.]an ornamental border, similar to a picture frame, stamped on the front cover of some books.
- Nautical, Naval Terms in frame, [Shipbuilding.](of a hull) with all frames erected and ready for planking or plating.
v.t. - to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together;
construct. - to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem:to frame a new constitution.
- to conceive or imagine, as an idea.
- Informal Termsto incriminate (an innocent person) through the use of false evidence, information, etc.
- to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture.
- to give utterance to:Astonished, I attempted to frame adequate words of protest.
- to form or seem to form (speech) with the lips, as if enunciating carefully.
- to fashion or shape:to frame a bust from marble.
- to shape or adapt to a particular purpose:to frame a reading list for ninth graders.
- Informal Termsto contrive or prearrange fraudulently or falsely, as in a scheme or contest.
- to adjust (film) in a motion-picture projector so as to secure exact correspondence of the outlines of the frame and aperture.
- to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight.
- [Archaic.]to direct, as one's steps.
v.i. - [Archaic.]to betake oneself;
resort. - [Archaic.]to prepare, attempt, give promise, or manage to do something.
- bef. 1000; 1910–15 for def. 8; 1920–25 for def. 25; (verb, verbal) 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, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
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