Definition of frame

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of frame is as below...

Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice..

Lern More About Frame

Half-timbered :: Half-timbered (a.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings..
Coracle :: Coracle (n.) A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt..
Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle..
Machine :: Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to
Scaffolding :: Scaffolding (n.) A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body..
Composure :: Composure (n.) Frame; make; temperament.
Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
Bow-saw :: Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
Wiry :: Wiry (a.) Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution..
Framework :: Framework (n.) The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society..
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused..
Step :: Step (v. i.) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position..
Tribble :: Tribble (n.) A frame on which paper is dried.
Rock :: Rock (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning..
Grating :: Grating (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent..
Cheval :: Cheval (n.) A horse; hence, a support or frame..
Hammer-beam :: Hammer-beam (n.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam..
Framing :: Framing (n.) The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames..
Wish :: Wish (v. t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate..
Raising :: Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us