Frame

/fɹeɪm/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
2. (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
3. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
4. (transitive) To put together the structural elements of (a constructed object such as a building).
5. (transitive) To place (a picture such as a painting or photograph) inside a decorative border.
6. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
7. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
8. (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.

Example Sentences

I will hereafter frame myself to be coy.

frame my face to all occasions

We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness.

The human mind is framed to be influenced.

Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements, Warring within our breaſts for regiment, Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:

He began to frame the loveliest countenance he could.

How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.

As for America’s constitution, speaking as the court’s originalist-in-chief, all that mattered was what its words meant when it was framed.

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Word Forms

• frames
• framing
• framed

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