1. A framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
   "the frame was much more valuable than the mirror it held";
   - framing
    
2. A structure supporting or containing something
   "The steel frame of the skyscraper was visible during construction";
   - framework
    
3. The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
   "the building has a steel skeletal frame";
   - skeleton, skeletal frame, underframe
    
4. The framework for a pair of eyeglasses
   "She chose a stylish red frame for her new glasses"
    
5. A single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
   "The animator drew 24 frames for each second of the cartoon"
    
6. A single drawing in a comic strip
   "Each frame of the comic strip told a part of the story"
    
7. An application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
   "The web browser uses frames to display different content areas simultaneously"
    
8. A system of assumptions and standards that sanction behaviour and give it meaning
   "The cultural frame of reference influenced their interpretation of the events"; "The theoretical frame provided context for the experimental results";
   - frame of reference
    
9. The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
   "The frame supports the body and protects vital organs";
   - skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale
    
10. The physical body of a human being
    "The athlete's powerful frame impressed the scouts";
    - human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod [informal], chassis [informal], form
     
11. (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
    "The home team scored three runs in the seventh frame";
    - inning
     
12. A single game of billiards or snooker
    "He won the match by taking the final frame"
     
13. One of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
    "He bowled a strike in the final frame to win the game"

1. Enclose in or as if in a frame
   "frame a picture"; "They framed in the new window";
   - frame in, border
    
2. (construction) assemble the structural frame of a building
   "They framed up the wooden structure of the house";
   - frame up
    
3. Formulate in a particular style or language
   "She framed her argument carefully";
   - cast, put, couch
    
4. Make up plans or basic details for
   "frame a policy";
   - compose, draw up
    
5. Make someone get in trouble by setting a trap or planting false or deliberately misleading evidence
   "The innocent man was framed by the police";
   - ensnare, entrap, set up [informal], fit up [Brit, informal], stitch up [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: frames, framing, framed

Type of: app, application, application program, applications programme, articulate, body, build, close in, confine, construct, cozen [literary], deceive, delude, division, drawing, enclose, exposure, formulate, give voice, hold in, inclose, lead on, make, organic structure, part, photo, photograph, phrase, pic [informal], piccy [informal], picture, plan, section, shut in, supporting structure, system, system of rules, word

Part of: aircraft, bowling, building, cartoon strip, comic strip, edifice, funnies, homo, human, human being, individual, man, mortal, musculoskeletal system, period of play, person, play, playing period, ship, somebody, someone, soul, strip, strip cartoon

Encyclopedia: Frame, Steve