meaning of frank
1. A pigsty.
2. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
3. The common heron; -- so called from its note.
4. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc. ; free.
5. Free in uttering ones real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
6. Liberal; generous; profuse.
7. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
8. To send by public conveyance free of expense.
9. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
10. 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.
11. A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
12. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
13. A French coin. See Franc.
14. FRANK ["Using BINS for Interprocess Communication", P. C. J. Graham, SIGPLAN Notices 202:32-41 Feb 1985].
Related Words
frank | frank-chase | frank-fee | frank-law | frank-marriage | frankalmoigne | franked | frankfort | frankincense | franking | frankish | franklin | franklinic | franklinite | frankly | frankness | frankpledge |
