frame
- n the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- n a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- n alternative names for the body of a human being
- n (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- n a single drawing in a comic_strip
- n an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- n a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- n the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- n the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- n 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 - n one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- v enclose in or as if in a frame
frame a picture - v enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- v take or catch as if in a snare or trap
The innocent man was framed by the police - v formulate in a particular style or language
- v make up plans or basic details for
frame a policy - v construct by fitting or uniting parts together
frame buffer
- n (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel