border
1 [C] a strong border or structure of wood, metal, etc. that holds a picture, door, piece of glass, etc. in position:
a picture frame * aluminium window frames * I'm going to paint the door frame white.
structure
2 [C] the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a building, a vehicle, etc. that gives it its shape:
the frame of an aircraft / a car / a bicycle * The bed frame is made of pine.
seealsoCLIMBINGFRAME
of glasses
3 [C,usually pl.] a structure of plastic or metal that holds the LENSES in a pair of glasses:
gold-rimmed frames
person / animal's body
4 [C,usually sing.] the form or structure of a person or animal's body:
to have a small / slender / large frame * The bed was shorter than his six-foot frame.
general ideas
5 [sing.] the general ideas or structure that form the background to sth:
In this course we hope to look at literature in the frame of its social and historical context.
seealsoTIMEFRAME
of film / movie
6 [C] one of the single photographs that a film or VIDEO is made of
of picture story
7 [C] a single picture in a COMICSTRIP
in garden
8 [C] = COLDFRAME
in snooker / bowling
9 [C] a single section of play in the game of SNOOKER, etc., or in BOWLING:
Davis won the first frame easily.
IDIOMS
be in / out of the frame be taking part/not taking part in sth:
We won our match, so we're still in the frame for the championship.
verb [VN]
make border
1 [usuallypassive] to put or make a frame or border around sth:
The photograph had been framed and hung on the wall. * Her thick blonde hair framed her face. * He stood there, head back, framed against the blue sky.
produce false evidence
2 [usuallypassive] ~ sb (for sth) to produce false evidence against an innocent person so that people think he or she is guilty
SYNFITUP:
He says he was framed.
develop plan / system
3 (formal) to create and develop sth such as a plan, a system or a set of rules
express sth
4 to express sth in a particular way:
You'll have to be careful how you frame the question.
framed adjective (often in compounds):
a framed photograph * a gilt-framed mirror * a timber-framed house (= with a supporting structure of wood)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for frame is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is frame a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, frame is tagged as noun.
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