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To build by putting together the structural parts of; construct: frame a house.
(verb-transitive)
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To conceive or design: framed an alternate proposal.
(verb-transitive)
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To arrange or adjust for a purpose: The question was framed to draw only one answer.
(verb-transitive)
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To put into words; formulate: frame a reply.
(verb-transitive)
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To form (words) silently with the lips.
(verb-transitive)
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An open structure that gives shape and support to something, such as the transverse stiffening ribs of a ship's hull or an aircraft's fuselage or the skeletal beams and uprights of a building
(noun)
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An enclosing case or border into which something is fitted
(noun)
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The system around which something is built up
(noun)
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The structure of the human body
(noun)
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A condition; state (esp in the phrase frame of mind)
(noun)
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One of a series of individual exposures on a strip of film used in making motion pictures
(noun)
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An individual exposure on a film used in still photography
(noun)
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An individual picture in a comic strip
(noun)
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A television picture scanned by one or more electron beams at a particular frequency
(noun)
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The area of the picture so formed
(noun)
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The wooden triangle used to set up the balls
(noun)
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The balls when set up
(noun)
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A single game finished when all the balls have been potted
(noun)
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(on a website) a self-contained section that functions independently from other parts; by using frames, a website designer can make some areas of a website remain constant while others change according to the choices made by the internet user
(noun)
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One of the sections of which a beehive is composed, esp one designed to hold a honeycomb
(noun)
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A machine or part of a machine over which yarn is stretched in the production of textiles
(noun)
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(in language teaching, etc) a syntactic construction with a gap in it, used for assigning words to syntactic classes by seeing which words may fill the gap
(noun)
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An enumeration of a population for the purposes of sampling, esp as the basis of a stratified sample
(noun)
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(in telecommunications, computers, etc) one cycle of a regularly recurring number of pulses in a pulse train
(noun)
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Shape; form
(noun)
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To construct by fitting parts together
(verb)
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To draw up the plans or basic details for; outline
(verb)
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To compose, contrive, or conceive
(verb)
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To provide, support, or enclose with a frame
(verb)
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To form (words) with the lips, esp silently
(verb)
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To conspire to incriminate (someone) on a false charge
(verb)
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To contrive the dishonest outcome of (a contest, match, etc); rig
(verb)
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To make an effort
(verb)
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To have ability
(verb)
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