Definition of Frame

Noun: frame freym

The framework for a pair of eyeglasses
A single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
An alternative name for the body of a human being
"Leonardo studied the frame";
- human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, form, flesh
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- inning
A single drawing in a comic strip
An application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
A system of assumptions and standards that sanction behaviour and give it meaning
- frame of reference
The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale
The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
"the building has a steel frame";
- skeleton, skeletal frame, underframe
A framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
"the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held";
- framing
One of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

Verb: frame freym

Enclose in or as if in a frame
"frame a picture";
- frame in, border
Take or catch as if in a snare or trap
"The innocent man was framed by the police";
- ensnare, entrap, set up, stitch up [Brit]
Formulate in a particular style or language
- redact, cast, put, couch
Make up plans or basic details for
"frame a policy";
- compose, draw up
(construction) construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- frame up