Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To place a frank on an envelope.

    freimachen, frankieren

  2. (transitive)To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.

    exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks

  3. (transitive)To send by public conveyance free of expense.

  4. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.

Examples

147 sentences
  1. You're just a little too frank.

    Ти просто трохи занадто відвертий. — deniko

    ruВы уж чересчур откровенны. — sharptoothed

  2. Tom is a very frank person.

    Том дуже відверта людина. — deniko

    ruТом очень откровенный человек. — nina99nv

    deTom ist eine sehr offene Person. — Felixjp

  3. Tom was very frank.

    Том був дуже відвертий. — deniko

    ruТом был очень откровенен. — odexed

    deTom war sehr aufrichtig. — wolfgangth

  4. I was very frank.

    Я був дуже відвертий. — deniko

  5. I'm usually quite frank.

    Я, як правило, доволі щирий. — deniko

    ruЯ обычно довольно искренен. — marafon

    deIch bin normalerweise ziemlich direkt. — Vortarulo

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to place a frank on an envelope:

Origin

From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an ear

From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.

From Old French franc.

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Forms

franks, franking, franked, franked
Base formfrank · to frank
3rd person singularfranks
Present participlefranking
Past simplefranked
Past participlefranked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfrank
he, she, itfranks

Past simpleLesson

all personsfranked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave franked
he, she, ithas franked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill frank

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing:postmark

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • your frank opinion
  • frank opinion
  • be frank with
  • to be frank
  • was very frank

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
frank — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto