Definition of Frank

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Definition of Frank

Frank

A pigsty.

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

The common heron; -- so called from its note.

Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.

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

Liberal; generous; profuse.

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

To send by public conveyance free of expense.

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

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.

A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.

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

A French coin. See Franc.

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Frank Quotations

I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.
Lauren Bacall

This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest.
Henny Youngman

This was in June, 1866. Frank wrote for me to come to him at once, and although my own wound was still very bad, I started immediately and stayed with him at the house of Mr. Alexander Severe, in Nelson county, until he recovered, which was in September.
Jesse James

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
Benjamin Disraeli

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
Mignon McLaughlin

One must be frank to be relevant.
Corazon Aquino

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
Henry A. Kissinger

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up.
Francis Ford Coppola

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
Louis D. Brandeis

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
Moliere

Frank Translations

frank in Italian is onesto
frank in Spanish is leal

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