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Frank Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Frank? [n] a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll [n] a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century [adj] 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" [adj] clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment" [v] exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks [v] stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing Synonyms \| Synonyms for Frank: blunt \| candid \| direct \| forthright \| frankfurter \| free-spoken \| hot dog \| hotdog \| obvious \| outspoken \| plainspoken \| point-blank \| postmark \| weenie \| wiener \| wienerwurst Related Terms \| Find terms related to Frank: 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 \| mailing list \| mail-order selling \| matter-of-fact \| multiloquent \| multiloquious \| naive \| natural \| neat \| newspaper post \| newsy \| on the level \| open \| openhearted \| outgoing \| outspoken \| overtalkative \| parcel post \| plain \| plain-speaking \| plainspoken \| plain-spoken \| post \| post day \| postage \| postage stamp \| postmark \| PP \| prolix \| prosaic \| prosing \| prosy \| pure \| rank \| raw \| RD \| registered mail \| RFD \| round \| rural delivery \| rural free delivery \| rustic \| salami \| saucisse \| sausage \| scrupulous \| sea mail \| seapost \| self-revealing \| self-revelatory \| severe \| simple \| simplehearted \| simpleminded \| simple-speaking \| sincere \| single \| single-hearted \| single-minded \| smooth \| sober \| sociable \| spare \| Spartan \| special delivery \| special handling \| stamp \| stark \| straight \| straightforward \| straight-out \| 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 \| Vienna sausage \| voluble \| vulgar \| weenie \| wiener \| wienerwurst \| wienie \| windy See Also \| Clovis \| Clovis I \| European \| excuse \| exempt \| let off \| red hot \| relieve \| Salian \| Salian Frank \| sausage \| stamp \| Vienna sausage Frank In Webster's Dictionary \Frank\, n. [OF. franc.] A pigsty. [Obs.] \Frank\, v. t. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.] --Shak. \Frank\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The common heron; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] \Frank\, a. [Compar {Franker}; superl. {Frankest}.] [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.] 1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.] ``It is of frank gift.'' --Spenser. 2. Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc. 3. Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.] Frank of civilities that cost them nothing. --L'Estrange. 4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. --Spenser. Syn: Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved; undisguised; sincere. See {Candid}, {Ingenuous}. \Frank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Franked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Franking}.] 1. To send by public conveyance free of expense. --Dickens. 2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc. \Frank\, n. [See {Frank}, a.] 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. I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again. --Cowper. \Frank\, n. [Cf. F. franc. See {Frank}, a.] 1. (Ethnol.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France. 2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant. 3. A French coin. See {Franc}.

Frank Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Frank?

[n] a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
[n] a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
[adj] 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"
[adj] clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"
[v] exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
[v] stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

Frank In Webster's Dictionary

\Frank\, n. [OF. franc.]
A pigsty. [Obs.]


\Frank\, v. t.
To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to
fatten. [Obs.] --Shak.


\Frank\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The common heron; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]


\Frank\, a. [Compar {Franker}; superl. {Frankest}.] [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.]
1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.]
   ``It is of frank gift.'' --Spenser.

2. Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved;
   using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature,
   conversation, manner, etc.

3. Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.]

         Frank of civilities that cost them nothing.
                                               --L'Estrange.

4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
   --Spenser.

Syn: Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved;
     undisguised; sincere. See {Candid}, {Ingenuous}.


\Frank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Franked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Franking}.]
1. To send by public conveyance free of expense. --Dickens.

2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package,
   or packet, etc.


\Frank\, n. [See {Frank}, a.]
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.



   I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must
   burn my letter and begin again.             --Cowper.


\Frank\, n. [Cf. F. franc. See {Frank}, a.]
1. (Ethnol.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the
   fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established
   the kingdom of France.

2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a
   term used in the Levant.

3. A French coin. See {Franc}.

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