to frank

Definition of to frank in English English dictionary: free; A surname; A male given name; the grey heron; Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article); 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.; Honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt
May I be frank with you?.; guileless; {n} a free letter, french silver coin of 18 1-2 cents value; {a} liberal, generous, open, sincere, free; {v} to make free, exempt, pay for, fatten; One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany; originally derived from the medieval tribal name, revived in the nineteenth century and now considered as a diminutive of Francis; {i} member of an ancient Germanic people who conquered Gaul and established France; {i} male first name (form of Francis or Franklin); family name; Anne Frank (1929-1945), young German Jewish girl who kept a diary while she and her family were hiding from the Nazis in Holland (she was eventually captured and died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp); If someone is frank, they state or express things in an open and honest way. `It is clear that my client has been less than frank with me,' said his lawyer They had a frank discussion about the issue. = candid + frankly frank·ly He now frankly admits that much of his former playboy lifestyle was superficial. + frankness frank·ness The reaction to his frankness was hostile; When a letter or parcel is franked, it is marked with a symbol that shows that the proper charge has been paid or that no stamp is needed. The letter was franked in London on August; 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 self-addressed, franked envelope. A member of one of the Germanic tribes of the Rhine region in the early Christian era, especially one of the Salian Franks who conquered Gaul about 500 and established an extensive empire that reached its greatest power in the ninth century. German Jewish diarist who fled from Nazi Germany to Amsterdam with her family (1933) and kept a diary during her years in hiding (1942-1944). She and her family were captured (August 1944) and sent to concentration camps. Anne died of typhus in the camp at Belsen. Her diary was published in 1947. Swiss-born American photographer and filmmaker noted for his clear-cut documentary style and interest in popular culture. A frankfurter. to print a sign on an envelope showing that the cost of sending it has been paid franking machine. Member of a Germanic-speaking people who invaded the western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The Franks lived east of the Rhine River in the 3rd century and came under Roman influence. They gained control of northern Gaul by 494 and southern Gaul by 507, and the conversion of their leader Clovis I to Catholic Christianity won them the support of the clergy and the Gallo-Roman population in Gaul. The Franks established one of the most powerful kingdoms of the early Middle Ages, ruling lands in present-day France (to which they gave their name), Belgium, and western Germany. The Merovingian dynasty to which Clovis belonged was succeeded by the Carolingian dynasty, whose most notable ruler, Charlemagne, created a great empire across Christian Europe. The division of the realm in the 9th century and the subsequent dissolution of a unified Frankish empire foreshadowed the formation of the modern countries of western Europe. Baum Lyman Frank Buckley William Frank Jr. Burnet Sir Frank Macfarlane Capra Frank Chapman Frank Michler Frank James Cooper Duryea Charles Edgar and James Frank Frank Annelies Marie Frank Jacob Frank Robert Gehry Frank Owen Johnson Frank Minis Jr. Kellogg Frank Billings Knight Frank Hyneman Leavis Frank Raymond Leslie Frank Libby Willard Frank Loesser Frank Henry Munsey Frank Andrew Murphy Frank Musial Stanley Frank O'Connor Frank Robinson Frank Sinatra Frank Frank Morrison Spillane Stella Frank Philip Wedekind Frank Whittle Sir Frank Wright Frank Lloyd Frank Yang Zappa Frank James Jesse and James Frank; A French coin; A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France; {s} honest, sincere, straightforward; A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; a term used in the Levant; exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks; free; a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century; Unrestrained; loose; licentious; used in a bad sense; Liberal; generous; profuse; Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc; To place a frank on an envelope; a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment; {f} apply a mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be delivered without charge; grant the right to apply such a mark; deliver without charge; Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc; To send by public conveyance free of expense; A name given by the Turks, Greeks, and Arabs to any of the inhabitants of the western parts of Europe, as the English, Italians, Germans, Spaniards, French, etc; a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll; To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten; The common heron; so called from its note; v (1) To distribute non-apa material (such as a convention flyer) through an apa (2) To include a fanzine by a non-member in one's submission to an apa, without claiming it for page credit (3) To send material through an apa which one has produced for other purposes, and which does not count for page credit; An indication on a cover that postage is prepaid, partially prepaid or that the letter is to be carried free of postage Franks may be written, hand-stamped, imprinted or affixed Free franking is usually limited to soldiers' mail or selected government correspondence Postage stamp and postage meter stamps are modern methods of franking a letter; clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"; {i} mark or signature which allows a letter or package to be sent free of charge; right to affix such a mark; letter or package which has such a mark; 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"; To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc; A pigsty; stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing