FRAME
What does "FRAME" mean?
A rigid structure that surrounds, supports, or encloses something.
Meanings
- A border or case that surrounds and holds a picture, window, or door. She slid the photograph into a silver frame.
- The rigid supporting structure of an object, building, or vehicle. The car's steel frame absorbed the impact of the crash.
- A single still image in a sequence of film or video. He paused the movie on the exact frame where the clue appears. technical
- To put a border around, or to express something in a particular way. Politicians frame the same policy as either a cut or a saving.
- To produce false evidence so an innocent person seems guilty. He swore the planted gun was meant to frame him. informal
Word origin
From Old English 'framian' meaning to be helpful or to make progress, related to 'fram' (forward); the sense of a fitted structure developed in Middle English.
A little poem
The frame says nothing, takes no side,
yet chooses all the world we see inside.
couplet
Wordplay
- The detective hung the suspect's portrait on the wall. After all, he was the one who framed him.
What it teaches
The same picture changes with its border; how you frame a thing decides half of what it means.
Quick facts
What does FRAME mean?
A rigid structure that surrounds, supports, or encloses something.
Is FRAME a valid word?
Yes — FRAME is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FRAME?
FRAME has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FRAME come from?
From Old English 'framian' meaning to be helpful or to make progress, related to 'fram' (forward); the sense of a fitted structure developed in Middle English.
What can FRAME teach us?
The same picture changes with its border; how you frame a thing decides half of what it means.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.