ENGLISH: frame - CREOLE: ankadreman



Overview of noun frame



The noun frame has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (7) framework, frame, framing -- (a structure supporting or containing something)

2. (5) frame -- (one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies)

3. (3) human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh -- (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. (2) inning, frame -- (a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat)

5. skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale -- (the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal)

6. skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe -- (the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton")



Overview of verb frame



The verb frame has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (4) frame, frame in, border -- (enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture")

2. (3) frame -- (enclose in a frame, as of a picture)

3. (1) ensnare, entrap, frame, set up -- (take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police")

4. (1) frame, redact, cast, put, couch -- (formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language")

5. (1) frame, compose, draw up -- (make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy")

6. frame, frame up -- (construct by fitting or uniting parts together)

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