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frame
has definitions from the fields of photography,film,zoology,baseball,sport
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[ noun ] a structure supporting or containing something
Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Matching photographs in oval frames of Mme_Bonenfant and an elderly man who must be Alix 's grandfather . And a gray-haired man whose glance - direct , lifelike , and mildly accusing - was contradicted by the gilt and black frame . It was the kind of frame that is only put around the photograph of a dead_person . Her quarters were on the right as you walked into the building , and her small front_room was clogged with heavy furniture - a big , round , oak dining_table and chairs , a buffet , with a row of unclaimed letters inserted between the mirror and its frame . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)When they came to Mr._Jack 's photograph , twenty by twelve inches in a curly silver frame , Miss_Ada said , `` By_rights I ought to leave that , seeing he won n't take my clotheshorse '' . Related terms supporting_structure window rack clotheshorse derrick sash sawhorse wattle airframe arbor picture_frame grate tambour trellis grill gun_carriage handbarrow cornice coaming hayrack honeycomb deckle mounting lattice bustle window_frame oxbow ribbing climbing_frame doorframe stretcher tenter gantry truss undercarriage walker walker fender casing brace backing |
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[ noun ] (photography,film) one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies
Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)The film consists_of a series of still , transparent photographs , or `` frames '' , 35 - mm. - wide . Each frame comes between the light and the lens and is individually projected on the screen , at the rate , for silent_movies , of 16 frames per second , and , for sound films , 24 frames per second . Each frame comes between the light and the lens and is individually projected on the screen , at the rate , for silent_movies , of 16 frames per second , and , for sound films , 24 frames per second . Each frame comes between the light and the lens and is individually projected on the screen , at the rate , for silent_movies , of 16 frames per second , and , for sound films , 24 frames per second . If , in preparing that shot for the inevitable showing to your friends , you interrupt the sequence to paste in a_few frames of the child 's grandmother watching this event , you have begun to be an artist in film ; you are employing the basic technique of film ; you are cutting . Related terms |
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[ noun ] alternative names for the body of a human being
Examples "Leonardo studied the human body" "he has a strong physique" "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)And He laid_down for him certain conditions : so_that , if he kept the command of God , then he would always remain as he was , that_is , immortal ; but if he did not , he would become mortal , melting into earth , whence his frame had been taken '' . (Mr. America, 4:6...)Of_course he did some exercising - he 's crazy about water_skiing and swimming and this vigorous exercise in_conjunction_with the added food supplements packed pounds of solid muscle on his skinny frame . Related terms body person female_body juvenile_body adult_body male_body person homo leg |
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Over the first five frames , Jack_Fisher , the big righthander who figures to be in_the_middle of Oriole plans for a drive on the 1961 American_League pennant , held the A 's scoreless while yielding three scattered hits . Keegan , a 6 - foot - 3 - inch 158 - pounder , gave_up the Orioles ' last two safeties over the final three frames , escaping a load of trouble in the ninth when the Birds threatened but failed to tally . Related terms |
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[ verb ] formulate in a particular style or language
Examples "I wouldn't put it that way" "She cast her request in very polite language" Used in print (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)Questions like this , framed in verbal fog , are perhaps the only kind that have ever stumped an experienced politician . |
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[ verb ] take or catch as if in a snare or trap
Examples "I was set up!" "The innocent man was framed by the police" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)`` But when I arrived and recognised a number of notorious characters I had thrown into the detective bureau basement half_a_dozen times , I knew I had been framed , and withdrew almost at_once '' . |
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[ verb ] draw up the plans or basic details for
Examples "frame a policy" Used in print (James J. Maguire, "A Family Affair"...)It is particularly interesting that those who framed the report should refer to `` the organization which actually owns the university '' : this seems to show an awareness of the fact that there is more to the problem than the ordinary issue of clerical-lay tension . |
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[ noun ] (zoology) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
Synonyms Examples "the building has a steel skeleton" |
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[ verb ] construct by fitting or uniting parts together
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4095
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[ noun ] (zoology) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
Synonyms Related terms system exoskeleton endoskeleton musculoskeletal_system skeletal_structure |
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[ noun ] the internal structure that gives an artifact its shape
Synonyms Examples "the building has a steel skeleton" |
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