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- [freym]
- /freɪm/
- /freɪm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [freym]
- /freɪm/
Definitions of frame word
- noun frame a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc. 1
- noun frame a rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, joined so as to surround sizable empty spaces or nonstructural panels, and generally used as a major support in building or engineering works, machinery, furniture, etc. 1
- noun frame a body, especially a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique: He has a large frame. 1
- noun frame a structure for admitting or enclosing something: a window frame. 1
- noun frame Usually, frames. (used with a plural verb) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses. 1
- noun frame form, constitution, or structure in general; system; order. 1
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Origin of frame
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; 1910-15 for def 8; 1920-25 for def 25; (v.) Middle English framen to prepare (timber), Old English framian to avail, profit; cognate with Old Norse frama to further, Old High German (gi)framōn to do; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Frame
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
frame popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
frame usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for frame
verb frame
- fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- mold — loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
- construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- fashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
noun frame
- structure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- framework — a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.
- scaffold — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- skeleton — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body.
- support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
adjective frame
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- planter — a person who plants.
- framer — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- wooden — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
Antonyms for frame
verb frame
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
noun frame
- centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- disorganisation — Alternative spelling of disorganization.
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
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