frame
verb/freɪm/
/freɪm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they frame | /freɪm/ /freɪm/ |
| he / she / it frames | /freɪmz/ /freɪmz/ |
| past simple framed | /freɪmd/ /freɪmd/ |
| past participle framed | /freɪmd/ /freɪmd/ |
| -ing form framing | /ˈfreɪmɪŋ/ /ˈfreɪmɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to put or make a frame or border around something
- be framed The photograph had been framed.
- He was presented with a framed certificate.
- (be) framed in something mirrors framed in silver and gold
- to surround something/somebody in a way that makes an attractive image
- frame something/somebody I like the way your hair frames your face.
- (be) framed against something He stood there, head back, framed against the blue sky.
- [usually passive] to produce false evidence against an innocent person so that people think they are guilty synonym fit up
- be framed He says he was framed.
- (be) framed for something She found herself framed for murder.
- frame something (formal) to create and develop something such as a plan, a system or a set of rules
- Measures to secure oil production must be framed in the context of rising energy demands.
- frame something to express something in a particular way
- You'll have to be careful how you frame the question.
make border
produce false evidence
develop plan/system
express something
Word OriginOld English framian ‘be useful’, of Germanic origin and related to from. The general sense in Middle English, ‘make ready for use’, probably led to senses (3 and 4) of the verb; it also gave rise to the specific meaning ‘prepare timber for use in building’, later ‘make the wooden parts (framework) of a building’, hence the noun sense ‘structure’ (late Middle English).
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