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How to pronounce frame
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What does frame mean?
verbTo fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
“frame my face to all occasions”
To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
“Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements, Warring within our breaſts for regiment, Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:”
To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
“He began to frame the loveliest countenance he could.”
nounThe structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
“Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.”
Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
“These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, / Almighty! thine this universal frame.”
A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
“His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.”
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