Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure |
Frame (v. t.) To originate |
Frame (v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end |
Frame (v. t.) To cause |
Frame (v. t.) To support. |
Frame (v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture. |
Frame (v. i.) To shape |
Frame (v. i.) To proceed |
Frame (n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together |
Frame (n.) The bodily structure |
Frame (n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc. |
Frame (n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. |
Frame (n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. |
Frame (n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. |
Frame (n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. |
Frame (n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. |
Frame (n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. |
Frame (n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework |
Frame (n.) Form |
Frame (n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind |
Frame (n.) Contrivance |
Water frame () A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power. |
Wedge (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical. |
Wedge (n.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends. |
Wedge (n.) A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form. |
Wedge (n.) Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form. |
Wedge (n.) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos |
Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge |
Wedge (v. t.) To force or drive as a wedge is driven. |
Wedge (v. t.) To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does |
Wedge (v. t.) To press closely |
Wedge (v. t.) To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges |
Wedge (v. t.) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc. |
Wedge-formed (a.) Having the form of a wedge |
Wedge-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wedge |
Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base |
Wedge-shell (n.) Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped. |
Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
frame | one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
frame-up setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge |
chock wedge | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object |
climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
frame framing | 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 |
frame | the framework for a pair of eyeglasses |
frame | a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
frame buffer | (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel |
picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
pitching wedge | a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstacles |
sand wedge | a wedge used to get out of sand traps |
skeleton skeletal frame frame underframe | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape, the building has a steel skeleton |
spinning frame | spinning machine that draws, twists, and winds yarn |
tambour embroidery frame embroidery hoop | a frame made of two hoops, used for embroidering |
walker Zimmer Zimmer frame | a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles, helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk |
wedge | something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them |
wedge | (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole |
wedge heel wedge | a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe |
window frame | the framework that supports a window |
e human body physical body material body soma build figure physique anatomy shape bod chassis frame form flesh | 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 |
skeletal system skeleton frame systema skeletale | the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal |
frame of reference frame | a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning |
coordinate system frame of reference reference system reference frame | a system that uses coordinates to establish position |
inertial reference frame inertial frame | a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid |
frame | an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently |
hacek wedge | a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation |
frame | a single drawing in a comic strip |
wedge bone | part of the sirloin nearest the rump |
f bomber grinder hero hero sandwich hoagie hoagy Cuban sandwich Italian sandwich poor boy sub submarine submarine sandwich torpedo wedge zep | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments), different names are used in different sections of the United States |
wedge wedge shape cuneus | any shape that is triangular in cross section |
state of mind frame of mind | a temporary psychological state |
time frame | a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur, an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame |
inning frame | (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat |
frame compose draw up | make up plans or basic details for, frame a policy |
frame redact cast put couch | formulate in a particular style or language, I wouldn't put it that way, She cast her request in very polite language |
wedge squeeze force | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space, I squeezed myself into the corner |
lodge wedge stick deposit | put, fix, force, or implant, lodge a bullet in the table, stick your thumb in the crack |
frame frame in border | enclose in or as if in a frame, frame a picture |
frame frame up | construct by fitting or uniting parts together |
ensnare entrap frame set up | take or catch as if in a snare or trap, I was set up!, The innocent man was framed by the police |
frame | enclose in a frame, as of a picture |
cuneate wedge-shaped | (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base |
wedge-shaped cuneal cuneiform | shaped like a wedge |