figure vs frame

figure

noun
  • A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. 

  • A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. 

  • A number, an amount. 

  • A drawing or diagram conveying information. 

  • A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. 

  • The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 

  • A figure of speech. 

  • The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. 

  • A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. 

  • A numeral. 

  • A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 

  • Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 

  • The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. 

  • A shape. 

  • Any complex dance moveᵂ. 

verb
  • To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 

  • To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 

  • To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. 

  • To enter into; to be a part of. 

  • To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. 

  • To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 

  • To embellish. 

  • To come to understand. 

  • To be reasonable. 

frame

noun
  • The structure of a person's body; the human body. 

  • An independent chunk of data sent over a network. 

  • An individually scrollable region of a webpage. 

  • A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted. 

  • A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets. 

  • A context for understanding or interpretation. 

  • The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change. 

  • A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins. 

  • A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second. 

  • The outer circle of a cancellation mark. 

  • Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure. 

  • A piece of photographic film containing an image. 

  • A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants. 

  • An inning. 

  • A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence. 

  • 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. 

  • A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material. 

  • The structural elements of a building or other constructed object. 

  • The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration. 

verb
  • Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border. 

  • Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements. 

  • To move. 

  • To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts. 

  • To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise. 

  • To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation. 

  • To position visually within a fixed boundary. 

  • To wash ore with the aid of a frame. 

  • Conspire to falsely incriminate a presumably innocent person. See frameup. 

  • To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust. 

  • To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit). 

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