Case vs. Frame
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An actual event, situation, or fact.
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A given condition or state.
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A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
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(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
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(legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
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(grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
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Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
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(medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
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(programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
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A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
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A box, sheath, or covering generally.
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A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
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An enclosing frame or casing.
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A suitcase.
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A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
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The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
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A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
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The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
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(poker slang) Four of a kind.
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(US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
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(mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
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A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
Caseverb
(obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
Caseverb
(transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
Caseverb
(transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
Caseverb
To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
Caseadjective
(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
Casenoun
A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
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A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
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A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
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An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
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A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
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Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
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That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.
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A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
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The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.
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One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
Caseverb
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
Caseverb
To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
Caseverb
To propose hypothetical cases.
Casenoun
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;
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an occurrence of something;
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a special set of circumstances;
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a problem requiring investigation;
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the actual state of things;
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a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument;
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a portable container for carrying several objects;
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a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation;
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a person requiring professional services;
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the quantity contained in a case
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a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
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a specific state of mind that is temporary;
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nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
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the housing or outer covering of something;
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a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);
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an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
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the enclosing frame around a door or window opening;
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bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;
Caseverb
look over, usually with the intention to rob;
Caseverb
enclose in, or as if in, a case;
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an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring
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the situation affecting or relating to a particular person or thing
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an incident or set of circumstances under official investigation by the police
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an instance of a disease, injury, or problem
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a person or their particular problem requiring or receiving medical or welfare attention
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a person whose situation is regarded as pitiable or as having no chance of improvement
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an amusing or eccentric person.
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a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law
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a set of facts or arguments supporting one side in a legal case
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a set of facts or arguments supporting one side of a debate or controversy
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an agreed summary of the facts relating to a legal case, drawn up for review or decision on a point of law by a higher court.
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any of the forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence
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a container designed to hold or protect something
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the outer protective covering of a natural or manufactured object
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an item of luggage; a suitcase.
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a box containing twelve bottles of wine or other drink, sold as a unit
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each of the two forms, capital or minuscule, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed.
Caseverb
surround in a material or substance
Caseverb
enclose in a protective container
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reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery
Frameverb
(transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
Frameverb
(transitive) To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
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(transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
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(transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
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(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
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(transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
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(transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
Frameverb
Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person. See frameup.
Frameverb
To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
Frameverb
To move.
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To proceed; to go.
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(tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
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To strengthen; refresh; support.
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To execute; perform.
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To cause; to bring about; to produce.
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To profit; avail.
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To fit; accord.
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To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
Framenoun
The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
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Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
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The structure of a person's body; the human body.
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A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
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A piece of photographic film containing an image.
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A context for understanding or interpretation.
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(snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
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(networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
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(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.
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(horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
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(philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
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(philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
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A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.
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(Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
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An inning.
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Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
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(dated) Frame of mind; disposition.
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(obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
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A stage or level of a video game.
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A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
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(computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
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(mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
Frameverb
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.
Frameverb
To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
Frameverb
To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
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To cause; to bring about; to produce.
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To support.
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To provide with a frame, as a picture.
Frameverb
to manufacture false evidence against (an innocent person), so as to make the person appear guilty of a crime. The act of framing a person is often referred to as a frame-up.
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To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.
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To proceed; to go.
Framenoun
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.
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The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
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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
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A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
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Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.
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Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame. Same as frame of mind
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Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
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In games: (a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points. (b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.
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a structure supporting or containing something
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one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies
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alternative names for the body of a human being;
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a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat
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the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
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the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;
Frameverb
enclose in or as if in a frame;
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enclose in a frame, as of a picture
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take or catch as if in a snare or trap;
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formulate in a particular style or language;
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draw up the plans or basic details for;
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construct by fitting or uniting parts together
