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Optimization algorithm
The Frank–Wolfe algorithm is an iterative first-order optimization algorithm for constrained convex optimization. Also known as the conditional gradient
Frank–Wolfe_algorithm
American reality television series
shops. The show follows antique and collectible picker Mike Wolfe and a co-host (originally Frank Fritz until 2022), who travel around the United States to
American_Pickers
Topics referred to by the same term
Frank Wolfe may refer to: Frank Delos Wolfe (1863–1926), architect in California Frank Wolfe (before 1868–after 1906), English footballer in 1886–87 Royal
Frank_Wolfe
Optimization algorithm
gradient descent can be modified via momentums (Nesterov, Polyak, and Frank–Wolfe) and heavy-ball parameters (exponential moving averages and positive-negative
Gradient_descent
Inequalities for inexact line search
In the unconstrained minimization problem, the Wolfe conditions (also known as the Armijo-Wolfe conditions in some books) are a set of inequalities for
Wolfe_conditions
Optimization method
has to be enforced explicitly e.g. by finding a point xk+1 satisfying the Wolfe conditions, which entail the curvature condition, using line search. Instead
Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm
Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno_algorithm
Study of mathematical algorithms for optimization problems
similarities with Quasi-Newton methods. Conditional gradient method (Frank–Wolfe) for approximate minimization of specially structured problems with linear
Mathematical_optimization
American architect
Frank Delos Wolfe (September 29, 1862–August 19, 1926) was an American architect who played a significant role in shaping the architectural landscape
Frank_Delos_Wolfe
Algorithm for linear programming
7355. doi:10.1137/S0036144598335259. JSTOR 2653207. MR 1723002. Mathis, Frank H.; Mathis, Lenora Jane (1995). "A nonlinear programming algorithm for hospital
Simplex_algorithm
Sequential model-based optimization of expensive black-box functions
Klein, Aaron; Falkner, Stefan; Bartels, Simon; Hennig, Philipp; Hutter, Frank (2017). "Fast Bayesian Optimization of Machine Learning Hyperparameters
Bayesian_optimization
Transportation networks
work "pretty well," but they are not exact. Dafermos (1968) applied the Frank-Wolfe algorithm (1956, Florian 1976), which can be used to deal with the traffic
Route_assignment
Algorithm for finding zeros of functions
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Newton's_method
Problem optimization method
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Dynamic_programming
Optimization algorithm
scaled and therefore the unit step length is accepted in most iterations. A Wolfe line search is used to ensure that the curvature condition is satisfied
Limited-memory_BFGS
Algorithm used to solve non-linear least squares problems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Levenberg–Marquardt_algorithm
Sequence of locally optimal choices
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Greedy_algorithm
Building in Cocoa Beach, Florida, US
form. Frank Wolfe refused, and as the stalemate dragged on, the city began fining the co-owners $200 a day. In 2013, the GBCA sued Frank Wolfe for money
Cocoa_Beach_Glass_Bank
gradient. Gradient descent Stochastic gradient descent Coordinate descent Frank–Wolfe algorithm Landweber iteration Random coordinate descent Conjugate gradient
Gradient_method
Mathematical optimization problem restricted to integers
log V ) O ( 1 ) {\displaystyle n^{O(n)}\cdot (m\cdot \log V)^{O(1)}} . Frank and Tardos presented an improved algorithm with run-time n 2.5 n ⋅ 2 O (
Integer_programming
Subfield of mathematical optimization
can also be solved by the following contemporary methods: Bundle methods (Wolfe, Lemaréchal, Kiwiel), and Subgradient projection methods (Polyak), Interior-point
Convex_optimization
American actor (born 1945)
Doonby Leroy Dear Secret Santa Pastor Avery Television film Reckless Frank Wolfe Adonis Chick Magnet CEO Short 2014 Touched Dr. Beck Television film The
Ernie_Hudson
Deliberately complex contraption
and the hardcover Rube Goldberg: Inventions, both compiled by Maynard Frank Wolfe from the Rube Goldberg Archives. It was also famously featured on a US
Rube_Goldberg_machine
Numerical optimization algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Nelder–Mead_method
Collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Swarm_intelligence
Method to solve optimization problems
interior-point algorithms, large-scale problems, decomposition following Dantzig–Wolfe and Benders, and introducing stochastic programming.) Edmonds, Jack; Giles
Linear_programming
Optimization algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Ant colony optimization algorithms
Ant_colony_optimization_algorithms
Solving an optimization problem with a quadratic objective function
Besides the Lagrangian duality theory, there are other duality pairings (e.g. Wolfe, etc.). For positive definite Q, the minization problem is convex. Hence
Quadratic_programming
Subfield of mathematical optimization
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Combinatorial_optimization
Algorithms for solving convex optimization problems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Interior-point_method
Subfield of convex optimization
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Semidefinite_programming
Optimization algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Hill_climbing
Computer compiler optimization technique
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Register_allocation
Optimization by removing non-optimal solutions to subproblems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Branch_and_bound
Optimizing objective functions that have constrained variables
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Constrained_optimization
Optimization algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Sequential quadratic programming
Sequential_quadratic_programming
Optimization technique
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Metaheuristic
Form of projection
multipliers Proximal operator Proximal gradient methods for learning Frank–Wolfe algorithm Daubechies, I; Defrise, M; De Mol, C (2004). "An iterative
Proximal_gradient_method
Numerical approximation algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Iterative_method
American-French mathematician (1927–2024)
Adrian Albert as her advisor. Together with Philip Wolfe in 1956 at Princeton, she invented the Frank–Wolfe algorithm, an iterative optimization method for
Marguerite_Frank
Technique for finding an extremum of a function
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Golden-section_search
Concept in mathematics
descent algorithm". tlienart.github.io. Retrieved 2022-07-10. Nielsen, Frank, "A note on the natural gradient and its connections with the Riemannian
Mirror_descent
Optimization algorithm
_{k}B_{k}^{-1}\nabla f(x_{k})} , with α {\displaystyle \alpha } chosen to satisfy the Wolfe conditions; x k + 1 = x k + Δ x k {\displaystyle x_{k+1}=x_{k}+\Delta x_{k}}
Quasi-Newton_method
Optimization algorithm
performed in a number of ways, such as a backtracking line search or using the Wolfe conditions. Like other optimization methods, line search may be combined
Line_search
Local search algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Tabu_search
Type of algorithm for constrained optimization
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Penalty_method
Solution process for some optimization problems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Nonlinear_programming
Mathematical combinatorial optimization method
The algorithm typically begins by using a reformulation, such as Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition, to form what is known as the Master Problem. The decomposition
Branch_and_price
Class of algorithms for solving constrained optimization problems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Augmented_Lagrangian_method
Iterative optimisation algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Powell's_dog_leg_method
American author and journalist (1930–2018)
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018) was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a
Tom_Wolfe
Algorithm for solving the quadratic programming problem from training SVMs
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Sequential minimal optimization
Sequential_minimal_optimization
Linear programming algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Revised_simplex_method
Optimization technique for solving (mixed) integer linear programs
dual functions. Another common situation is the application of the Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition to a structured optimization problem in which formulations
Cutting-plane_method
Term in mathematical optimization
Constrained Optimization (Ph.D. thesis). Rice University. Vanden Berghen, Frank. "Trust Region Algorithms". Kranf site: Trust Region Algorithms – via applied-mathematics
Trust_region
Class of algorithms that find approximate solutions to optimization problems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Approximation_algorithm
Population-based search algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Bees_algorithm
Combinatorial optimization method
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Branch_and_cut
Quantum physics-based metaheuristic for optimization problems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Quantum_annealing
Algorithm for solving linear programming problems
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Affine_scaling
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Meta-optimization
Solving multiple machine learning tasks at the same time
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Multi-task_learning
Concept in convex optimization mathematics
structure of the problem at hand. During the 1970s, Claude Lemaréchal and Phil Wolfe proposed "bundle methods" of descent for problems of convex minimization
Subgradient_method
Continuous function whose value increases to infinity
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Barrier_function
Linear programming algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Karmarkar's_algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Evolutionary multimodal optimization
Evolutionary_multimodal_optimization
Metaheuristic proposed by Xin-She Yang
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Firefly_algorithm
Topics referred to by the same term
associate of Richard Penderel Francis X. Wolfe, the pseudonym of director Francis Delia Frances Wolfe, actress Frank Wolfe (disambiguation) Francis Wolff, record
Francis_Wolfe
1979 American TV series or program
detective genius. Tom Mason costars as Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant. Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, the film was produced by Paramount Television
Nero_Wolfe_(film)
Branch of mathematical optimization
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Discrete_optimization
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Guided_local_search
Optimization algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Cuckoo_search
Mathematical optimization algorithms
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Truncated_Newton_method
Algorithm for solving linear programs
technique in linear programming which uses this kind of approach is the Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition algorithm. Additionally, column generation has been applied
Column_generation
Algorithm for computing the maximal flow of a network
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Dinic's_algorithm
Algorithm for finding a local minimum of a function
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Powell's_method
Algorithm to compute the maximum flow in a flow network
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Edmonds–Karp_algorithm
Israeli-American computer scientist
online convex optimization, including the Online Newton Step and Online Frank Wolfe algorithm, projection free methods, and adaptive-regret algorithms. In
Elad_Hazan
Optimization algorithm
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Spiral_optimization_algorithm
Approximation for nonlinear optimization
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Successive_linear_programming
Fictional character
Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro
Nero_Wolfe
American mathematician (1927–2016)
general non-linear programming, leading to the Frank–Wolfe algorithm in joint work with Marguerite Frank, then a visitor at Princeton. When Maurice Sion
Philip_Wolfe_(mathematician)
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Successive parabolic interpolation
Successive_parabolic_interpolation
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Berndt–Hall–Hall–Hausman algorithm
Berndt–Hall–Hall–Hausman_algorithm
Iterative method for minimizing convex functions
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Ellipsoid_method
Algorithm in mathematical optimization
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Push–relabel maximum flow algorithm
Push–relabel_maximum_flow_algorithm
Chinese scientist and revolutionary (born 1961)
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Liu_Gang
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Symmetric_rank-one
Optimization method
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula
Davidon–Fletcher–Powell_formula
Method for mathematical optimization
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Criss-cross_algorithm
mimics the food foraging behavior of swarms of honey bees Particle swarm Frank-Wolfe algorithm: an iterative first-order optimization algorithm for constrained
List_of_algorithms
Concept in mathematics
Conjugate gradient method L-BFGS (limited memory BFGS) Nelder–Mead method Wolfe conditions Fletcher, R.; Reeves, C. M. (1964). "Function minimization by
Nonlinear conjugate gradient method
Nonlinear_conjugate_gradient_method
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Lemke's_algorithm
American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019)
Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose, his fascination
Gene_Wolfe
American typesetter with longest name ever
August 1914 – 24 October 1997; surname also given as Wolfstern, Wolfe + 666, Wolfe+585, Wolfe+590, and others) was a German-born American typesetter who held
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.
Hubert_Blaine_Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff_Sr.
cover of the January 1967 Playboy. Windsor was photographed by Maynard Frank Wolfe for the January 1967 issue of Playboy and by Morton Tadder for the Fall
List of Playboy Playmates of 1966
List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_1966
optimization Convex minimization Cutting-plane method Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe) Subgradient method Linear and quadratic Interior point Affine scaling
Parallel_metaheuristic
American public relations firm
Burson (formerly Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW)) is a global public relations and communications firm, headquartered in New York City, focused on building
Burson_(company)
individual arguments while holding all others fixed. Gorski, Jochen; Pfeuffer, Frank; Klamroth, Kathrin (22 June 2007). "Biconvex sets and optimization with
Biconvex_optimization
Retired Japanese Shootfighting instructor
Paulson: CSW Head Instructor Catch wrestling (+ Shooto) lineage Billy Riley/Frank Wolfe → Karl Gotch → Satoru Sayama → Yorinaga Nakamura Jeet Kune Do lineage
Yorinaga_Nakamura
1960 cast recording by Various artists
by Goddard Lieberson Arranged by Trude Rittman Photography by Maynard Frank Wolfe, Milton H. Greene "Discourse from the Billboard sales department" (PDF)
Camelot (Broadway cast recording)
Camelot_(Broadway_cast_recording)
FRANK WOLFE
FRANK WOLFE
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Free Man
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Latin, Netherlands, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Free; Free Landholder; Javelin; Spear; Variant of Francis; French Man; A Man Form France
Boy/Male
Teutonic American Latin French English
Free.
Surname or Lastname
German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Czech, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Czech, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ethnic or regional name for someone from Franconia (German Franken), a region of southwestern Germany so called from its early settlement by the Franks, a Germanic people who inhabited the lands around the river Rhine in Roman times. In the 6th–9th centuries, under leaders such as Clovis I (c. 466–511) and Charlemagne (742–814), the Franks established a substantial empire in western Europe, from which the country of France takes its name. The term Frank in eastern Mediterranean countries was used, in various vernacular forms, to denote the Crusaders and their descendants, and the American surname may also be an Americanized form of such a form.English, Dutch, German, etc. : from the personal name Frank, in origin an ethnic name for a Frank. This also came be used as an adjective meaning ‘free’, ‘open-hearted’, ‘generous’, deriving from the fact that in Frankish Gaul only people of Frankish race enjoyed the status of fully free men.
Male
French
French form of Latin Franciscus, FRANC means "French."
Male
French
French form of Latin Franciscus, FRANCK means "French."
Male
German
German form of Latin Franciscus, FRANZ means "French."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German
Free; From France; Free Land Owner; Diminutive of Frank Free; A Free Man; Frankie is Occasionally Used for Girls
Girl/Female
Australian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Netherlands, Polish, Swedish
Free Woman; A Frank; From the Frankish Empire; From France
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of Latin Franciscus, FRANG means "French."
Male
Scandinavian
Dutch and Scandinavian form of Latin Franciscus, FRANS means "French."
Male
English
 English name originally derived from the name of a Germanic tribe called the Franks, FRANK means "French." It is also used as a short form of Franklin "freeman" and Francis "French."Â
Female
English
Short form of English Frances, FRAN means "French."
Female
French
Feminine form of French François, FRANÇOISE means "French."
Boy/Male
Native American
Frank.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Frank.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : patronymic from Frank.
Male
French
French form of Latin Franciscus, FRANÇOIS means "French."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Latin
Feminine of Francis; From France
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Frank.
FRANK WOLFE
FRANK WOLFE
Boy/Male
Tamil
Dilshith | திலà¯à®·à®¿à®¤
Biblical
dunghill
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Muslim
The most beautiful
Girl/Female
Muslim
Honey
Surname or Lastname
English (Leicestershire)
English (Leicestershire) : habitational name, possibly from either of two places called Tollerton, in Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire. The first is named from the Old Norse personal name Thorleifr + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’; the second is from Old English tolnere ‘tax gatherers’ + tūn.
Surname or Lastname
German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Czech, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Czech, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ethnic or regional name for someone from Franconia (German Franken), a region of southwestern Germany so called from its early settlement by the Franks, a Germanic people who inhabited the lands around the river Rhine in Roman times. In the 6th–9th centuries, under leaders such as Clovis I (c. 466–511) and Charlemagne (742–814), the Franks established a substantial empire in western Europe, from which the country of France takes its name. The term Frank in eastern Mediterranean countries was used, in various vernacular forms, to denote the Crusaders and their descendants, and the American surname may also be an Americanized form of such a form.English, Dutch, German, etc. : from the personal name Frank, in origin an ethnic name for a Frank. This also came be used as an adjective meaning ‘free’, ‘open-hearted’, ‘generous’, deriving from the fact that in Frankish Gaul only people of Frankish race enjoyed the status of fully free men.
Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada
Love
Girl/Female
Muslim
Fur
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Love; To Joint
FRANK WOLFE
FRANK WOLFE
FRANK WOLFE
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FRANK WOLFE
n.
That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet.
superl.
Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
a.
A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
superl.
Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
v. t.
To take rank of; to outrank.
n.
A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.
v. t.
To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
n. & v.
Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
v. t.
To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.
a.
A French coin. See Franc.
superl.
Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
n. & v.
Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
a.
A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
v. t.
To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.
n. & v.
Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
v. t.
To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
superl.
Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
n.
Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
n. & v.
A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
n.
The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.