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Entry 13 senses · 7 variants Webster, 1913

Frank

/frăngk/ · IPA /ˈfɹæŋk/
01 n. A pigsty.
  1. 1.
    A pigsty.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
  1. 1.
    To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.[Obs.]
03 n. The common heron; -- so called from its note.
  1. 1.
    The common heron; -- so called from its note.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
04 a. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
  1. 1.
    Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.[R.]
  2. 2.
    Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
  3. 3.
    Liberal; generous; profuse.[Obs.]
    “Frank of civilities that cost them nothing.” — L'Estrange.
  4. 4.
    Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
Syn. Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved; undisguised; sincere. See Candid, Ingenuous.
05 v. t. To send by public conveyance free of expense.
imp. & p. p. franked; p. pr. & vb. n. franking
  1. 1.
    To send by public conveyance free of expense.
  2. 2.
    To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
06 n. The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that…
  1. 1.
    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 go free of postage. Called also the franking privilege. Also: <ecol>franking privilege</ecol>
    “I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.” — Cowper.
07 n. A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
  1. 1.
    A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.(Ethnol.)
  2. 2.
    A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
  3. 3.
    A French coin. See Franc. See: Franc