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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
frank \frank\ (fr[a^][ng]k), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {franked} (fr[a^][ng]kt); 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, noun [OF. franc.] A pigsty. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, noun [See {Frank}, adjective] 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 +PJC]
I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again. --Cowper.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, verb (used with an object) To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, noun (Zo["o]l.) The common heron; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
frank \frank\ (fr[a^][ng]k), adjective [Compar. {franker} (fr[a^][ng]k"[~e]r); 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}, adjective, {Franchise}, noun]
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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, noun [Cf. F. franc. See {Frank}, adjective]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
frank
adjective
1: 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" [syn: {blunt}, {candid}, {forthright}, {free-spoken}, {outspoken}, {plainspoken}, {point-blank}, {straight-from-the-shoulder}]
2: clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"
noun
1: a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
2: a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: {frankfurter}, {hotdog}, {hot dog}, {dog}, {wiener}, {wienerwurst}, {weenie}]
verb
1: stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing [syn: {postmark}]
2: exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
213 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, windy
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
FRANK ["Using BINS for Interprocess Communication", P.C.J. Graham, SIGPLAN Notices 20(2):32-41 (Feb 1985)]. (1995-01-13)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Frank, NC Zip code(s): 28657
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