Frame meaning

What does “frame” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“frame” is a noun and verb with 18 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.

frame

noun

  1. the framework for a pair of eyeglasses

  2. a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film

  3. alternative names for the body of a human being

    “Leonardo studied the human body”

    “he has a strong physique”

  4. (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

    Synonymsinning
  5. a single drawing in a comic strip

  6. an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently

  7. a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

  8. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

  9. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape

    “the building has a steel skeleton”

  10. a structure supporting or containing something

    Synonymsframework
  11. 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”

    Synonymsframing
  12. one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

verb

  1. enclose in or as if in a frame

    “frame a picture”

  2. enclose in a frame, as of a picture

  3. take or catch as if in a snare or trap

    “I was set up!”

    “The innocent man was framed by the police”

  4. formulate in a particular style or language

    “I wouldn't put it that way”

    “She cast her request in very polite language”

  5. make up plans or basic details for

    “frame a policy”

  6. construct by fitting or uniting parts together

    Synonymsframe up

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University