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      frank
      noun
      (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
      (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
      A hot dog or sausage.
      (UK) The grey heron.
      A pigsty.
      A male given name from the Germanic languages.
      One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
      (puristic) Frenchman.
      A diminutive of the male given name Francis.
      A surname transferred from the nickname.
      A place name:
      A community in Crowsnest Pass municipality, south-west Alberta, Canada.
      An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.
      A census-designated place in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
      (historical) Obsolete form of franc, former French coins, moneys of account, and currency. [A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro.]
      verb
      (transitive) To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
      (transitive) To place a frank on an envelope.
      To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
      (transitive) To send by public conveyance free of expense.
      adjective
      Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
      (medicine) Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
      (obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
      (obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse.
      (obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
      Roots
      francusfrank- · Latin · free
      Synonyms for frank
      forthrightadjoutspokenadjcandidadjfrankfurternplainspokenadjwienernweenienbluntvhonestadj
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