Definition of frame

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Definition of frame

  • a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. frame of reference
  • formulate in a particular style or language (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. cast
    2. couch
    3. put
    4. redact
  • make up plans or basic details for (verb)

    Examples

    1. frame a policy

    Synonyms

    1. compose
    2. draw up
  • construct by fitting or uniting parts together (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. frame up
  • (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. inning
  • the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. skeletal system
    2. skeleton
    3. systema skeletale
  • take or catch as if in a snare or trap (verb)

    Examples

    1. The innocent man was framed by the police

    Synonyms

    1. ensnare
    2. entrap
    3. set up
  • enclose in or as if in a frame (verb)

    Examples

    1. frame a picture

    Synonyms

    1. border
    2. frame in
  • a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror (noun)

    Examples

    1. the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention
    2. the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held

    Synonyms

    1. framing
  • the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. skeletal frame
    2. skeleton
    3. underframe
  • alternative names for the body of a human being (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. anatomy
    2. bod
    3. build
    4. chassis
    5. figure
    6. flesh
    7. form
    8. human body
    9. material body
    10. physical body
    11. physique
    12. shape
    13. soma
  • a structure supporting or containing something (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. framework
  • an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently (noun)
  • a single drawing in a comic strip (noun)
  • a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film (noun)
  • enclose in a frame, as of a picture (verb)
  • one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided (noun)
  • the framework for a pair of eyeglasses (noun)

See definition of frame in Merriam Webster