(v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.
(v. t.) To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
(v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
(v. t.) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
(v. t.) To support.
(v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture.
(v. i.) To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.
(v. i.) To proceed; to go.
(n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.
(n.) The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
(n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched
(n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.
(n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings.
(n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.
(n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.
(n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
(n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor.
(n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
(n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.
(n.) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
Example Sentences:
(1) By the 1860s, French designs were using larger front wheels and steel frames, which although lighter were more rigid, leading to its nickname of “boneshaker”.
(2) Extensive sequence homologies and other genetic features are shared with the related oncogenic virus, human papillomavirus type 16, especially in the major reading frames.
(3) We have used a modification of the rotating-frame imaging technique to measure PCr-to-ATP ratio non-invasively in human heart.
(4) In the experiments to be reported here, computer-averaged EMG data were obtained from PCA of native speakers of American English, Japanese, and Danish who uttered test words embedded in frame sentences.
(5) Synthetic DNA corresponding to the hydrophobic domain of cytochrome b5 was enzymatically fused in-frame to cloned DNA corresponding to the C-terminus of the Escherichia coli enzyme, beta-galactosidase.
(6) Problem definition, the first step in policy development, includes identifying the issues, discussing and framing the issues, analyzing data and resources, and deciding on a problem definition.
(7) Two mechanisms are evident in chicks' spatial representations: a metric frame for encoding the spatial arrangement of surfaces as surfaces and a cue-guidance system for encoding conspicuous landmarks near the target.
(8) The vector is relatively small (6 kilobase pairs) and contains a portion of the L. seymouri alpha-tubulin gene positioned in-frame with a truncated neomycin phosphotransferase gene that confers resistance to the aminoglycoside G418.
(9) Of 55 new open reading frames analysed by gene disruption, three are essential genes; of 42 non-essential genes that were tested, 14 show some discernible effect on phenotype and the remaining 28 have no overt function.
(10) One splicing mutation results in a 3 amino acid in-frame insertion.
(11) The author uses an eclectic theoretical frame of reference which includes some elements of psychodynamic, object relations, and structural and strategic family therapy theory.
(12) The RNA sequence was 6791 nucleotides in length and contained four open reading frames (ORFs).
(13) No homology was found between the protein encoded by the second largest open reading frame and the corresponding product of other plant viruses.
(14) Gated blood pool images were stored in modified left anterior oblique views by the multiple gated method (28 frames per beat) after the in vivo labeling of erythrocytes using 25 mCi 99m-Tc.
(15) In the sixth frame of the evening he sunk a magnificent long red and careered on his way to a 131 clearance to extend his lead in the match to 9-5.
(16) Sequence similarity with the dipteran elements was the highest within individual domains of TED open reading frame 2 (pol region) that are also conserved among the retroviruses and encode protease, reverse transcriptase, and integrase functions, respectively.
(17) Proud of the way his forces behaved, he plans to frame the operational map of the night for his office wall.
(18) In difficult fractures we feel that change from external to internal fixation should be performed earlier; it makes early removal of the fixator pins possible and prevents the problems associated with prolonged use of fixator frames.
(19) This change led to an exon-skipping event resulting in a frame shift and generation of a stop codon.
(20) "The time frame for the adjustment, the conditions of the real economy should be taken into consideration," he said.
Framer
Definition:
(n.) One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the Constitution.
Example Sentences:
(1) America's same-sex couples, and the politicians who have barred gay marriage in 30 states, are looking to the supreme court to hand down a definitive judgment on where the constitution stands on an issue its framers are unlikely to have imagined would ever be considered.
(2) Today, my colleagues seem to have fallen prey to the misguided notion that the intent of the framers of the United States constitution can be effectuated only by cleaving to the legislative will and ignoring and demonizing an independent judiciary,” he wrote.
(3) There were efforts to integrate African Americans and to do so on the basis of equality, and the framers recognised you need to use race to help foster equality.
(4) The framers who drafted the Constitution could not have foreseen the challenges that have unfolded over the last two hundred and twenty-two years.
(5) We understand the words of Title VII differently not because we’re smarter than the statute’s framers and ratifiers, but because we live in a different era, a different culture.
(6) "The text permits the government to use race to help realise equal protection under the law, and at the very same time, the framers of the 14th amendment enacted numerous race-conscious measures to help ensure equality," said the centre's civil rights director, David Gans.
(7) It is argued that the framers of health care policies should recognize and support health psychologists in light of the fact that many of their techniques can reduce the cost and consumption of health care through programs that: reduce behavioral risk factors, increase compliance with medical regimens, and prepare patients psychologically for stressful medical procedures.
(8) "I don't believe this approach was the intention of the framers of the Bill of Rights in the 17th century, and even if it was, we should not rely on it today."
(9) Great writers have been modifying absolute adjectives for centuries, including the framers of the American Constitution, who sought "a more perfect union".
(10) Particular options for framing disease are not equally available to would-be framers.
(11) For the 62-year-old framer, working out of a two-room atelier in Athens’ upscale Kolonaki district, the downturn feels anything but over and he counts himself lucky: he still has a job and a few customers to boot.
(12) Where this will lead is anybody’s guess, but the consequences may be such that the framers of Turkish foreign policy will look back on the old days with nostalgia.
(13) Rumours that Bambi was once a successful recording artist who studied at Central St Martin's School of Art have been given substance by her few interviews and by the comments of her manager, an Islington picture framer named Leonard Villa.
(14) Data from diagnostic validators tend to support the second viewpoint, which is that taken by the framers of DSM-III and DSM-III-R.
(15) What was fascinating to find in the supreme court’s reasons is the extent to which the PNG constitution is bound with human rights protections and freedoms – completely missing from the Australian constitution, whose framers though the common law was protection enough for the unruly citizenry.
(16) The framers of our manifestos knew full well that the ordinary people of Britain, to whom we go for our votes, would not have stomached this proposal."
(17) These terms not only have legal meaning but they also can be part of overplaying a legal or rhetorical hand.” “Treason” is unusually narrowly defined in the constitution as aiding enemies in wartime, Shugerman said, with the framers, having just fought a revolution, working with acute awareness of the potential explosiveness of the charge.