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  • 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

  • Giving someone a shiny silver frame used to be a good way to avoid hunting down a real present.
  • Painters garnish the edge with daubs, cutouts, even cutlery "The Louvre at first was only gold frames to me," Gertrude Stein once wrote.
  • This flip-book presentation of one of the model's falls reveals the embarrassment frame by frame.
News & Articles

  • Sentencing today for Steven Frame's voyeurism case
    Steven Frame will find out in Superior Court this afternoon whether he will be put behind bars or get lifetime probation.
    June 17, 2013 - KOLD News 13 Tuscon
  • Filling the Frame: Father/Son Breakfast
    Published: Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 15:31 PM. Ty Wentz, 8, hammers a nail into a small birdhouse as his father, Brent, steadies the frame. Ty and his brother, Levi, 12, along with their dad, took part in Saturday's annual father/son breakfast at the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library.
    June 17, 2013 - Kinston Free Press
  • Frame Grabber tests video data in infotainment systems.
    Featuring modular architecture, Video Dragon tests high-speed LVDS connections and HDMI interfaces. When utilized as frame grabber, device records and analyzes single images and video sequences in raw-data format or as compressed files. Frame rate includes up to 60 images/sec at max color depth of 24 bits. Utilizing serializer in module port, Video Dragon turns into frame generator that may ...
    June 14, 2013 - ThomasNet
Quotes

  • John Higgins in Wall Street Journal
    I have never deliberately missed a shot, never mind intentionally lost a frame or a match,Mr. Higgins said in a statement. "My conscience is 100% clear."
  • John Toshack in BBC News
    It will be the Russians' first game in this group and we know how good they are,said Toshack. "We saw their strengths in the European Championships but we go into the game in a good frame of mind and I will want a performance similar to...
  • Shawne Merriman in Washington Post
    Merriman said all four doctors he visited said he needed surgery, but there "just wasn't a time frame on that. My knee still looks pretty good. The decision was left up to me to play. If you give a football player a decision to play, you know, I'm...

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