FRANK
\fɹˈaŋk], \fɹˈaŋk], \f_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k]\
Definitions of FRANK
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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characterized by disconcerting 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"
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stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
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clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"
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exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
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clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"
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exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
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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".
By Princeton University
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A pigsty.
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To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
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Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
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Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
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Liberal; generous; profuse.
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To send by public conveyance free of expense.
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To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
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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 free of postage.
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A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
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A French coin. See Franc.
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The common heron; - so called from its note.
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Unrestrained; loose; licentious; - used in a bad sense.
By Oddity Software
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A pigsty.
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To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
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Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
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Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
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Liberal; generous; profuse.
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To send by public conveyance free of expense.
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To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
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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 free of postage.
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A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
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A French coin. See Franc.
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The common heron; - so called from its note.
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Unrestrained; loose; licentious; - used in a bad sense.
By Noah Webster.
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Open or ingenuous; candid; outspoken; unreserved.
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A signature that exempts or releases mailmatter from payment of postage; a letter privileged to go post-free.
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To send or have conveyed (as a letter) free of charge.
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Frankly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Frankly.
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To send free of charge, as a letter.
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Candid and open; ingenuous.
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Free; privileged; exempt.
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The right to send mail matter free the package so sent, or the signature that authenticates it.
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A member of one of the Germanic tribes settled on the Rhine early in the Christian era.
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In the Orient, any European.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A member of the ancient German tribe or aggregate of tribes which overthrew the Roman dominion in Gaul and gave origin to the name France; a native of Franconia: a name given by the Turks, Greeks, and Arabs to any of the inhabitants of the western parts of Europe, English, French, Italians, etc.: a French coin.
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A letter sent by mail free of postage: also, that which makes a letter free, as the signature of a person possessing the privilege. The privilege of giving franks for letters was enjoyed within certain limits by all members of the British parliament till 1840, when it was abolished by the act which established the penny postage. The Franking privilege at one time gave rise to serious scandals in Congress. No letters are free now except those referring to strictly public business, transmitting public documents, etc.
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Open or candid in expression.
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To send free of expense, as a letter.
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FRANKLY (New Test.) gratuitously.
By Daniel Lyons
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A letter free from postage, or that which exempts it.
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Open; candid.
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To send free of charge for carriage; exempt from postage.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. A letter free of postage; also, that which makes a letter free, as the signature of a person possessing the privilege—once possessed by members of both houses of parliament, now abolished.
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n. One of the German tribes inhabiting Franconia;—a term applied by Turks, Greeks, and Arabs to the people of Western Europe.
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n. [Norman French] A place to feed hogs in; a sty.
