frame
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Is frame a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.Examples: "I will hereafter frame myself to be coy."; "frame my face to all occasions"; "We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness."transitive
2. (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.Examples: "Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements, Warring within our breaſts for regiment, Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:"transitive
3. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.Examples: "He began to frame the loveliest countenance he could."; "How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years."; "As for America’s constitution, speaking as the court’s originalist-in-chief, all that mattered was what its words meant when it was framed."transitive
4. (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.Examples: "Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof."transitive
5. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.transitive
6. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.Examples: "The director frames the fishing scene very well."transitive
noun (English)
1. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
2. (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
3. (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
4. (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.Examples: "In knockemdowns and bowls ten pins are used, the centre one being called the king, and the ball has to be grounded before it reaches the frame."
5. (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.Examples: "a forcing-frame; a cucumber frame"
6. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
Definition source: Wiktionary