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Frank
| frank baum
| frank breech
| frank breech delivery
| frank capra
| frank cooper
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Frank
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Frank has 2 senses
- frank(n = noun.person) Array - a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century; Array is a kind of european
- frank(n = noun.food) dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst - a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll; Array is a kind of sausage
has particulars: salian, salian frank, clovis, clovis i
has particulars: vienna sausage
is a part of hot dog, hotdog, red hot
Verb Frank has 2 senses
- frank(v = verb.contact) postmark - stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing; Array is one way to stamp
- frank(v = verb.communication) Array - exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks; Array is one way to excuse, exempt, let off, relieve
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Adjective Frank has 2 senses
- frank(s = adj.all) blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder - characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" Derived forms noun frankness2, noun frankness1
- frank(s = adj.all) Array - clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"
CIDE DICTIONARY
Frank, n. [OF. franc.].
A pigsty. [1913 Webster]
Frank, v. t.
To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Frank, n.
The common heron; -- so called from its note. [1913 Webster]
Frank, a. [F. franc free, frank, L. Francus a Frank, fr. OHG. Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; cf. AS. franca javelin, Icel. frakka. Cf. Franc, French, a. , Franchise, n. ].
- Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Liberal; generous; profuse. [1913 Webster]"Frank of civilities that cost them nothing." [1913 Webster]
- Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. Spenser.
Frank, v. t.
- To send by public conveyance free of expense. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc. [1913 Webster]
The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to go free of postage. Called also the franking privilege . [1913 Webster]
"I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again."
[1913 Webster]
- A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France. [1913 Webster]
- A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant. [1913 Webster]
- A French coin. See Franc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Frank, n.
1 a member of the Germanic nation or coalition that conquered Gaul in the 6th c.
2 (in the Levant) a person of Western nationality.
1 a member of the Germanic nation or coalition that conquered Gaul in the 6th c.
2 (in the Levant) a person of Western nationality.
Derivative
Frankish adj.
Etymology
OE Franca, OHG Franko, perh. f. the name of a weapon: cf. OE franca javelin
Frank, adj., v., & n.
--adj.
1 candid, outspoken (a frank opinion).
2 undisguised, avowed (frank admiration).
3 ingenuous, open (a frank face).
4 Med. unmistakable.
--v.tr.
1 stamp (a letter) with an official mark (esp. other than a normal postage stamp) to record the payment of postage.
2 hist. superscribe (a letter etc.) with a signature ensuring conveyance without charge; send without charge.
3 archaic facilitate the coming and going of (a person).
--n.
1 a franking signature or mark.
2 a franked cover.
--adj.
1 candid, outspoken (a frank opinion).
2 undisguised, avowed (frank admiration).
3 ingenuous, open (a frank face).
4 Med. unmistakable.
--v.tr.
1 stamp (a letter) with an official mark (esp. other than a normal postage stamp) to record the payment of postage.
2 hist. superscribe (a letter etc.) with a signature ensuring conveyance without charge; send without charge.
3 archaic facilitate the coming and going of (a person).
--n.
1 a franking signature or mark.
2 a franked cover.
Derivative
frankable adj. franker n. frankness n.
Etymology
ME f. OF franc f. med.L francus free, f. FRANK (since only Franks had full freedom in Frankish Gaul)
THESAURUS
Frank
PP, RD, RFD, Spartan, Vienna sausage, accessible, airmail, all jaw, approachable, artless, ascetic, austere, bald, bangers, bare, barefaced, black pudding, blood pudding, bluff, blunt, bologna, book post, born yesterday, braunschweiger, brazen, broad, brusque, cancellation, candid, chatty, childlike, coarse, common, commonplace, communicative, confiding, conversable, conversational, correspondence, demonstrative, direct, direct mail, direct-mail selling, dispassionate, dog, downright, dry, dull, earthy, effusive, expansive, explicit, express, extroverted, fair, flip, fluent, forthright, fourth-class mail, frankfurter, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, gabby, garrulous, gassy, genuine, glib, gooseliver, gossipy, gregarious, gross, guileless, gushy, gutter, halfpenny post, headcheese, heart-to-heart, homely, homespun, honest, hot dog, impartial, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, junk mail, just, knockwurst, lean, letter post, letters, liver sausage, liverwurst, long-winded, loquacious, low, mail, mail-order selling, mailing list, matter-of-fact, multiloquent, multiloquious, naive, natural, neat, newspaper post, newsy, on the level, open, openhearted, outgoing, outspoken, overtalkative, parcel post, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, plainspoken, post, post day, postage, postage stamp, postmark, prolix, prosaic, prosing, prosy, pure, rank, raw, registered mail, round, rural delivery, rural free delivery, rustic, salami, saucisse, sausage, scrupulous, sea mail, seapost, self-revealing, self-revelatory, severe, simple, simple-speaking, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single, single-hearted, single-minded, smooth, sober, sociable, spare, special delivery, special handling, stamp, stark, straight, straight-out, straightforward, surface mail, talkative, talky, transparent, trustful, trusting, truthful, unabashed, unadorned, unaffected, unbiased, unchecked, unconcealed, unconstrained, uncouth, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unequivocal, unguarded, unhampered, unimaginative, uninhibited, unmannered, unpoetical, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsophisticated, unsuppressed, unsuspicious, unvarnished, unwary, upright, verbose, voluble, vulgar, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst, wienie, windyROGET THESAURUS
Frank
Artlessness
N artlessness, nature, simplicity, innocence, bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity, singleness of purpose, singleness of heart, honesty, plain speaking, epanchement, rough diamond, matter of fact man, le palais de verite, enfant terrible, artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive, sincere, frank, open, open as day, candid, ingenuous, guileless, unsuspicious, honest, innocent, Arcadian, undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard, simple-minded, single-minded, frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted, free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken, blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical, unflattering, in plain words, in plain English, without mincing the matter, not to mince the matter, Davus sum non Oedipus, liberavi animam meam, as frank as rain on cherry blossoms.Probity
N probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.Manifestation
N manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration, exhibit, indication, publicity, disclosure, openness panchement, evidence, manifest, apparent, salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced, flagrant, notorious, arrant, stark staring, unshaded, glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church, explicit, overt, patent, express, ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric, unreserved, frank, plain-spoken, candid (veracious), barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible, inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret, manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush, prima facie, on the face of, in set terms, cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, clothing the palpable and familiar, fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.Veracity
N veracity, truthfulness, frankness truth, sincerity, candor, unreserve, honesty, fidelity, plain dealing, bona fides, love of truth, probity, ingenuousness, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the trut, honest truth, sober truth, unvarnished tale, light of truth, truthful, true, veracious, veridical, scrupulous, sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved, open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted, honest, trustworthy, undissembling &c (dissemble), guileless, pure, truth- loving, unperjured, true blue, as good as one's word, unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide, outspoken, ingenuous, undisguised, uncontrived, truly, in plain words, in truth, with truth, of a truth, in good truth, as the dial to the sun, as the needle to the pole, honor bright, troth, in good sooth, in good earnest, unfeignedly, with no nonsense, in sooth, sooth to say, bona fide, in foro conscientiae, without equivocation, cartes sur table, from the bottom of one's heart, by my troth, di il vero a affronterai il diavolo, Dichtung und Wahrheit, esto quod esse videris, magna est veritas et praevalet, that golden key that opes the palace of eternity, veritas odium parit, veritatis simplex oratio est, verite sans peur.
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