Meaning & Definition of Frame in English

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"

• "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

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

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 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"

11. One of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

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