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Meaning of frame

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  frame
      n 1: the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
      2: a single one of a series of still transparent pictures
         forming a cinema, television or video film
      3: 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" [syn: {human body},
         {physical body}, {material body}, {soma}, {build}, {figure},
         {physique}, {anatomy}, {shape}, {bod}, {chassis}, {frame},
         {form}, {flesh}]
      4: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each
         team has a turn at bat [syn: {inning}, {frame}]
      5: a single drawing in a comic_strip
      6: an application that divides the user's display into two or
         more windows that can be scrolled independently
      7: a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior
         and give it meaning [syn: {frame of reference}, {frame}]
      8: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a
         frame for the body of an animal [syn: {skeletal system},
         {skeleton}, {frame}, {systema skeletale}]
      9: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its
         shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: {skeleton},
         {skeletal frame}, {frame}, {underframe}]
      10: a framework that supports and protects a picture or a
          mirror; "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of
          attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror
          it held" [syn: {frame}, {framing}]
      11: one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
      v 1: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn:
           {frame}, {frame in}, {border}]
      2: enclose in a frame, as of a picture
      3: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The
         innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: {ensnare},
         {entrap}, {frame}, {set up}]
      4: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
         it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
         [syn: {frame}, {redact}, {cast}, {put}, {couch}]
      5: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn:
         {frame}, {compose}, {draw up}]
      6: construct by fitting or uniting parts together [syn: {frame},
         {frame up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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