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In transitive terms the difference between cut and frame

is that cut is to stop or disengage while frame is to construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.

As nouns the difference between cut and frame

is that cut is an opening resulting from cutting while frame is the structural elements of a building or other constructed object.

As verbs the difference between cut and frame

is that cut is To incise, to cut into the surface of something.frame is to strengthen; refresh; support.

As an adjective cut

is having been cut.

cut

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (participial adjective) Having been cut .
  • Reduced.
  • The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.
    Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
  • (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
  • (rfc-sense) (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
  • (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
  • * 1988', Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", '''' ' 47 (6): 28-34.
  • Or how 'bout Shane DiMora? Could he possibly get rip-roaring cut this time around?
  • * 2010', Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", ''Reps!'' ' 17 :106
  • That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut , ripped midsection.
  • (informal) Circumcised.
  • (Australia, NZ, slang) Emotionally hurt.
  • Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
  • Removed from a team roster.
  • (NZ) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
  • Synonyms

    * snithe

    Derived terms

    * cut and dried * mad as a cut snake,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opening resulting from cutting.
  • Look at this cut on my finger!
  • The act of cutting.
  • He made a fine cut with his sword.
  • The result of cutting.
  • a smooth or clear cut
  • A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
  • a cut for a railroad
  • * Knolles
  • This great cut or ditch Secostris purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper.
  • A share or portion.
  • The lawyer took a cut of the profits.
  • (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
  • (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
  • The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
  • The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.
  • The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
  • I like the cut of that suit.
  • * Shakespeare
  • with eyes severe and beard of formal cut
  • A slab, especially of meat.
  • That’s our finest cut of meat.
  • (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
  • A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
  • * Washington Irving
  • Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.
  • A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
  • The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.
  • (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
  • A haircut.
  • (graph theory) the partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups
  • A string of railway cars coupled together.
  • An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
  • a book illustrated with fine cuts
  • (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • He'll buy me a cut , forth for to ride.
  • (slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
  • A skein of yarn.
  • (Wright)

    Derived terms

    * a cut above * a cut below * boot cut * bowl cut * brush cut * budget cut * crew cut * cut of one's jib * cut-set * direct cut * director's cut * final cut/make the final cut * fine cut * French cut * jump cut/jump-cut * line cut * make the cut * maximum cut * minimum cut * pay cut * power cut * price cut * princess cut * rose cut * shaggy cut * shortcut * s-t cut * tax cut *

    Verb

  • To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
  • #To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
  • #*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • #*:You must cut this flesh from off his breast.
  • #To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
  • #:
  • #*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • #*:Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, / With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way.
  • #To form or shape by cutting.
  • #:
  • #*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • #*:Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, / Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
  • #*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • #*:loopholes cut through thickest shade
  • #To wound with a knife.
  • #*1990 , (Stephen Dobyns), The house on Alexandrine
  • #*:We don't want your money no more. We just going to cut you.
  • #To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
  • #*
  • #*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
  • #To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
  • #:
  • #*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
  • #*:The man was cut to the heart.
  • #To castrate or geld.
  • #:
  • #To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
  • (lb) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
  • *1858 , , (The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table)'', ''The Deacon's Masterpiece , in Chapter XI:
  • *:The panels of white-wood that cuts like cheese, / But lasts like iron for things like these;
  • To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
  • #To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
  • #:
  • #To reduce, especially intentionally.
  • #:
  • #*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
  • , volume=188, issue=23, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Money just makes the rich suffer , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax.
  • #To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
  • #:
  • #* (1789-1842)
  • #*:An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity.
  • #To ignore as a social snub.
  • #:
  • To cease recording activities.
  • :
  • To remove and place in memory for later use.
  • :
  • (lb) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
  • :
  • (lb) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
  • :
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 18, author=Daniel Taylor, work=Guardian Online
  • , title= Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2 , passage=Leicester's response was swift although the referee, Mark Halsey, was generous in the extreme when he awarded the penalty from which Paul Gallagher made it 1-1. Neither Joleon Lescott nor Vieira appeared to make any contact with Dyer as he cut between them.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal
  • , volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}
  • To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it. (rfex)
  • (lb) To change direction suddenly.
  • :
  • To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
  • :
  • To write.
  • :
  • To dilute a liquid, usually alcohol.
  • :
  • (lb) To exhibit (a quality).
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 25, author=Paul Fletcher, work=BBC
  • , title= Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich (agg. 3-1) , passage=Arsenal were starting to work up a head of steam and Tractor Boys boss Paul Jewell cut an increasingly frustrated figure on the touchline.}}
  • (lb) To stop or disengage.
  • :
  • Synonyms

    * See

    Troponyms

    * chop, hack, slice, trim

    Derived terms

    * becut * cut a caper * cut a deal * cut a figure * cut a rug / cut the rug * cut a swathe * cut a wide swathe * cut and paste * cut and run * cut both ways * cut capers * cut corners * cut down * cut for someone's size * cut from the same cloth * cut in * cut in line * cut it * cut it close * cut it fine * cut it out * cut like a knife * cut loose * cut off * cut one loose * cut one's coat according to one's cloth * cut one's losses * cut one's teeth * cut oneself * cut out * cut red tape * cut short * cut someone some slack/cut somebody some slack * cut the cheese * cut the mustard * cut the muster * cut the rug * cut to black * cut to the chase * cut to the quick * cut up * cut wind * cutthroat * cutting edge * cutting remark * fish or cut bait * forcut * forecut * fussy cut * have one's work cut out for one * incut * measure twice cut once / measure twice and cut once * offcut * outcut * overcut * undercut

    See also

    * copy * paste

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    frame

    English

    Verb

    (fram)
  • (obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
  • At last, with creeping crooked pace forth came / An old, old man, with beard as white as snow, / That on a staffe his feeble steps did frame . ? Spenser.
  • (obsolete) To execute; perform.
  • The silken tackle / Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands / That yarely frame the office. ? Shakespeare.
  • (obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds.
  • (obsolete) To profit; avail.
  • (obsolete) To fit; accord.
  • When thou hast turned them all ways, and done thy best to hew them and to make them frame , thou must be fain to cast them out. ? Tyndale.
  • (obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
  • To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
  • * John Lyly
  • I will hereafter frame myself to be coy.
  • * Shakespeare
  • frame my face to all occasions
  • * Landor
  • We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness.
  • * I. Taylor
  • The human mind is framed to be influenced.
  • To construct by fitting or uniting together 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.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
  • He began to frame the loveliest countenance he could.
  • * I. Watts
  • How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.
  • Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
  • Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.
  • Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
  • To position visually within a fixed boundary.
  • The director frames the fishing scene very well.
  • To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
  • How would you frame your accomplishments?
    The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.
  • (criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
  • The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to frame her.
  • (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
  • (dialectal) To move.
  • An oath, and a threat to set Throttler on me if I did not frame off, rewarded my perseverance. ? E. Brontë.
  • (obsolete) To proceed; to go.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The beauty of this sinful dame / Made many princes thither frame .

    Synonyms

    * (conspire to incriminate) fit up

    Derived terms

    * beframe * enframe * framable, frameable * inframe * outframe * unframe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
  • Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
  • * Milton
  • These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, / Almighty! thine this universal frame .
  • The structure of a person's body.
  • A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
  • * , chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames , the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
  • A piece of photographic film containing an image.
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
  • Jokes are recycled so frequently, it’s as if comedy writing was eating a hole in the ozone layer: If the audience had a nickel for every time a character on one side of the frame says something could never happen as it simultaneously happens on the other side of the frame , they’d have enough to pay the surcharge for the movie’s badly implemented 3-D.
  • 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.
  • (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
  • (film, animation) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second.
  • (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
  • (baseball, slang) An inning.
  • (engineering, dated, mostly, UK) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
  • a stocking frame'''; a lace '''frame'''; a spinning '''frame
  • frame of mind; disposition
  • to be always in a happy frame
  • Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
  • * Shakespeare
  • John the bastard / Whose spirits toil in frame of villainies.
  • A stage or level of a video game.
  • * 1982 , Gilsoft International, Mongoose (video game instructions) [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-info/m/Mongoose.txt]
  • When you play the game it will draw a set pattern depending on the frame you are on, with random additions to the pattern, to give a different orchard each time.

    Quotations

    * {{quote-book , passage=...It regulates and governs the Passions of the Mind, and brings them into due moderation and frame ... , page=17 , title=An Account of the Growth of Deism in England , author=William Stephens , year=1696}}

    Derived terms

    * frame ball * frame house * frame in * frame of mind * frame of reference * frameset * frame story * frame up * framework * framing hammer * framing square * inertial frame of reference * freeze frame * subframe * time frame * window frame ----