frank
Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
Adjective 2 meanings
Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
“May I be frank with you?”
Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
“The research probes whether treating pre-diabetes with metformin can prevent progression to frank diabetes.”
Noun 4 meanings
Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
“October 5, 1780, William Cowper, letter to Rev. William Unwin I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.”
The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
A hot dog or sausage.
“Buy a package of franks for the barbecue.”
The grey heron.
Verb 4 meanings
To place a frank on an envelope.
To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
To send by public conveyance free of expense.
To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
Etymology
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.
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FRANK at a glance
FRANK has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + K 5) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,781 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with frank
All rhymesOne letter away
- DRANK10
- PRANK11
- FLANK12
- CRANK11
- FRANC10
- FRACK14
- TRANK9
- BRANK11
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