frame
frame is a 5-letter English word with 38 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.
- transitive verb. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
- transitive verb. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
- transitive verb. To cause; to bring about; to produce.
- transitive verb. To support.
- transitive verb. To provide with a frame, as a picture.
- intransitive verb. To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.
- intransitive verb. To proceed; to go.
- noun. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.
- noun. The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
- noun. A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched
- noun. The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.
- noun. A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings.
- noun. The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.
- noun. A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.
- noun. A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
- noun. A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor.
- noun. A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
- noun. Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.
- noun. Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.
- noun. Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
- noun. one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- noun. 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"
- noun. the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- noun. a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- noun. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
"the building has a steel skeleton"
- noun. alternative names for the body of a human being
"Leonardo studied the human body"
"he has a strong physique"
- noun. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- noun. a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- noun. 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. (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- verb. make up plans or basic details for
"frame a policy"
- verb. formulate in a particular style or language
"I wouldn't put it that way"
"She cast her request in very polite language"
- verb. enclose in or as if in a frame
"frame a picture"
- verb. construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- verb. take or catch as if in a snare or trap
"I was set up!"
"The innocent man was framed by the police"
- verb. enclose in a frame, as of a picture
Synonyms
framing, skeleton, underframe, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, physique, shape, soma, inning, compose, cast, couch, put, redact, border, ensnare, entrap
Anagrams
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Common word forms
framed, framer, frames, framing, frameable, frameless
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