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frame - 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" |
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framing |
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framework a structure supporting or containing something
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frame - the framework for a pair of eyeglasses |
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framework a structure supporting or containing something
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chase a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
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eyeglasses,
glasses,
specs,
spectacles optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
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frame - one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
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division,
part,
section the act or process of dividing
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bowling the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
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frame - a single drawing in a comic_strip |
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drawing act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"
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cartoon strip,
comic strip,
funnies,
strip a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
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frame - a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
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photo,
photograph,
pic,
exposure,
picture a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
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frame - an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently |
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application program,
applications programme,
application the action of putting something into operation; "the application of maximum thrust"; "massage has far-reaching medical applications"; "the application of indexes to tables of data"
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| verb |
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frame - enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" |
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border |
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shut in,
close in,
inclose,
enclose advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"
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frame - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" |
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redact,
cast,
put,
couch |
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give voice,
word,
phrase,
formulate,
articulate put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
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frame - enclose in a frame, as of a picture |
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hold in,
enclose,
confine surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
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frame - make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" |
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compose |
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plan make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"
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frame - construct by fitting or uniting parts together |
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construct,
build,
make draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
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building,
construction a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
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