verb
(transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
(transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
(transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
(transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
(transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
(transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
(transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
(intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
(intransitive, dialectal) To move.
(intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
(tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
(transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
(transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
(transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
(intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
(intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
(intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
noun
The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
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.
A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
A piece of photographic film containing an image.
A context for understanding or interpretation.
(snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
(networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
(bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
(horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
(philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
(philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
(electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
(Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
(baseball, slang) An inning.
(engineering, dated, chiefly UK) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
(dated) Frame of mind; disposition.
(obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
(dated, video games) A stage or location in a video game.
(genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
(computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
(mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.