Frame | Mean of frame in English Dictionary

/ˈfreɪm/

• Noun
• the basic structure and shape of the body of a person or animal
1. She had to extend every inch of her five-foot frame [=body] to reach the top shelf.
2. her petite/slight/thin/wiry frame
3. his large/lanky/lean frame
• an arrangement of parts that support and form the basic shape of something
1. the frame of a house
2. a bicycle frame
3. the car's steel frame
• an open structure that holds something (such as glass or a picture)
1. a picture/window/door frame

• the plastic or metal structure that holds the lenses of eyeglasses
1. I need new frames for my glasses.
• one of the pictures in the series of pictures that make up a film
1. The film runs at eight frames per second.
• one of the drawings in the series of drawings that make up a comic strip
• a section of a Web page that is like a small separate page
• in the position of being considered for something
1. a job candidate who is still in the frame
• no longer in the position of being considered for something
1. a job candidate who is out of the frame
• Verb
• to put (something) inside an open structure that holds it
1. frame a picture
2. a framed photograph
3. paintings framed with/in wood
4. steel-framed spectacles
• to be around the edge of (something)
1. a house framed by a white picket fence
2. The child's face was framed by brown curls.
• to produce (something written or spoken)
1. It was the first state to frame a written constitution.
2. She framed her questions carefully.
3. He took the time to frame a thoughtful reply.
• to make (an innocent person) appear to be guilty of a crime
1. She claims that she was framed.