Frame - Definition

n 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" [syn: human body,
physical body, material body, soma, build, figure,
physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame,
form, flesh]
4: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each
team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]
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 [syn: frame of reference, frame]
8: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a
frame for the body of an animal [syn: skeletal system,
skeleton, frame, systema skeletale]
9: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its
shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: skeleton,
skeletal frame, frame, underframe]
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" [syn: frame, framing]
11: one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
v 1: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn:
frame, frame in, border]
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" [syn: ensnare,
entrap, frame, set up]
4: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
[syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch]
5: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn:
frame, compose, draw up]
6: construct by fitting or uniting parts together [syn: frame,
frame up]