fram·ing

[frey-ming]
noun
1.
the act, process, or manner of constructing anything.
2.
the act of providing with a frame.
3.
a frame or a system of frames; framework.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see frame, -ing1

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frame

[freym] noun, verb, framed, fram·ing.
noun
1.
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
2.
a rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, joined so as to surround sizable empty spaces or nonstructural panels, and generally used as a major support in building or engineering works, machinery, furniture, etc.
3.
a body, especially a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique: He has a large frame.
4.
a structure for admitting or enclosing something: a window frame.
5.
Usually, frames. (used with a plural verb) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.
6.
form, constitution, or structure in general; system; order.
7.
a particular state, as of the mind: an unhappy frame of mind.
8.
Movies. one of the successive pictures on a strip of film.
9.
Television. a single traversal by the electron beam of all the scanning lines on a television screen. In the U.S. this is a total of 525 lines traversed in 1 / 30 second. Compare field ( def 19 ).
10.
Computers. the information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time.
11.
Bowling.
a.
one of the ten divisions of a game.
b.
one of the squares on the scorecard, in which the score for a given frame is recorded.
12.
Pool. rack1 ( def 3 ).
13.
Baseball. an inning.
14.
Slang. a frame-up.
15.
enclosing lines, usually forming a square or rectangle, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like; a box.
16.
the structural unit that supports the chassis of an automobile.
17.
Nautical.
a.
any of a number of transverse, riblike members for supporting and stiffening the shell of each side of a hull.
b.
any of a number of longitudinal members running between web frames to support and stiffen the shell plating of a metal hull.
18.
a machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, especially as used in textile production: drawing frame; spinning frame.
19.
Printing. the workbench of a compositor, consisting of a cabinet, cupboards, bins, and drawers, and having flat and sloping work surfaces on top.
20.
Bookbinding. an ornamental border, similar to a picture frame, stamped on the front cover of some books.
21.
in frame, Shipbuilding. (of a hull) with all frames erected and ready for planking or plating.
verb (used with object)
22.
to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together; construct.
23.
to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem: to frame a new constitution.
24.
to conceive or imagine, as an idea.
25.
Informal. to incriminate (an innocent person) through the use of false evidence, information, etc.
26.
to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture.
27.
to give utterance to: Astonished, I attempted to frame adequate words of protest.
28.
to form or seem to form (speech) with the lips, as if enunciating carefully.
29.
to fashion or shape: to frame a bust from marble.
30.
to shape or adapt to a particular purpose: to frame a reading list for ninth graders.
31.
Informal. to contrive or prearrange fraudulently or falsely, as in a scheme or contest.
32.
to adjust (film) in a motion-picture projector so as to secure exact correspondence of the outlines of the frame and aperture.
33.
to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight.
34.
Archaic. to direct, as one's steps.
verb (used without object)
35.
Archaic. to betake oneself; resort.
36.
Archaic. to prepare, attempt, give promise, or manage to do something.
Origin:
before 1000; 1910–15 for def 8; 1920–25 for def 25; (v.) Middle English framen to prepare (timber), Old English framian to avail, profit; cognate with Old Norse frama to further, Old High German (gi)framōn to do; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

Related forms
fram·a·ble, frame·a·ble, adjective
fram·a·ble·ness, frame·a·ble·ness, noun
frame·less, adjective
fram·er, noun
de·frame, verb (used with object), de·framed, de·fram·ing.
mis·frame, verb, mis·framed, mis·fram·ing.
re·frame, verb (used with object), re·framed, re·fram·ing.
sub·frame, noun
un·fram·a·ble, adjective
un·fram·a·ble·ness, noun
un·fram·a·bly, adverb
un·frame·a·ble, adjective
un·frame·a·ble·ness, noun
un·frame·a·bly, adverb
un·framed, adjective
well-framed, adjective
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frame (freɪm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  an open structure that gives shape and support to something, such as the transverse stiffening ribs of a ship's hull or an aircraft's fuselage or the skeletal beams and uprights of a building
2.  an enclosing case or border into which something is fitted: the frame of a picture
3.  the system around which something is built up: the frame of government
4.  the structure of the human body
5.  a condition; state (esp in the phrase frame of mind)
6.  a.  one of a series of individual exposures on a strip of film used in making motion pictures
 b.  an individual exposure on a film used in still photography
 c.  an individual picture in a comic strip
7.  a.  a television picture scanned by one or more electron beams at a particular frequency
 b.  the area of the picture so formed
8.  billiards, snooker
 a.  the wooden triangle used to set up the balls
 b.  the balls when set up
 c.  US and Canadian equivalent (for senses 8a, 8b): rack a single game finished when all the balls have been potted
9.  computing (on a website) a self-contained section that functions independently from other parts; by using frames, a website designer can make some areas of a website remain constant while others change according to the choices made by the internet user
10.  short for cold frame
11.  one of the sections of which a beehive is composed, esp one designed to hold a honeycomb
12.  a machine or part of a machine over which yarn is stretched in the production of textiles
13.  (in language teaching, etc) a syntactic construction with a gap in it, used for assigning words to syntactic classes by seeing which words may fill the gap
14.  statistics an enumeration of a population for the purposes of sampling, esp as the basis of a stratified sample
15.  (in telecommunications, computers, etc) one cycle of a regularly recurring number of pulses in a pulse train
16.  slang another word for frame-up
17.  obsolete shape; form
18.  in the frame likely to be awarded or to achieve: I'm in the frame for the top job
 
—vb
19.  to construct by fitting parts together
20.  to draw up the plans or basic details for; outline: to frame a policy
21.  to compose, contrive, or conceive: to frame a reply
22.  to provide, support, or enclose with a frame: to frame a picture
23.  to form (words) with the lips, esp silently
24.  slang to conspire to incriminate (someone) on a false charge
25.  slang to contrive the dishonest outcome of (a contest, match, etc); rig
26.  dialect (Yorkshire), (Northeast English) (intr)
 a.  (usually imperative or dependent imperative) to make an effort
 b.  to have ability
 
[Old English framiae to avail; related to Old Frisian framia to carry out, Old Norse frama]
 
'framable
 
—adj
 
'frameable
 
—adj
 
'frameless
 
—adj
 
'framer
 
—n

Frame (freɪm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
Janet. 1924--2004, and New Zealand writer: author of the novels Owls Do Cry (1957) and Faces in the Water (1961), the collection of verse The Pocket (1967), and volumes of autobiography including An Angel at My Table (1984), which was made into a film in 1990

framing (ˈfreɪmɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a frame, framework, or system of frames
2.  the way in which something is framed
3.  adjustment of the longitudinal position of the film in a projector gate to secure proper vertical positioning of the picture on the screen

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Word Origin & History

frame
O.E. framian "to profit, be helpful, make progress," from fram "vigorous, bold," originally "going forward;" influenced by related O.E. fremman "help forward, promote, further, do, perform, accomplish," and by O.N. fremja "to further, execute" (see from). Sense focused in M.E.
from "make ready" to "prepare timber for building" (late 14c.). Meaning of "compose, devise" is first attested 1540s. The noun meaning "established order, plan" and that of "human body" are both first recorded 1590s; originally the noun meant "the rack" (late 14c.). Meaning "building" is from early 15c.; that of "border or case for a picture or pane of glass" is from c.1600. Of bicycles, from 1871; of motor cars, from 1900. The criminal slang sense of "blame an innocent person" (1920s) is probably from earlier sense of "plot in secret" (1900), perhaps ultimately from meaning "fabricate a story with evil intent," first attested 1510s. Related: Framed; framing. Frame of reference is 1897, from mechanics and graphing; the figurative sense is attested from 1924.
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Medical Dictionary

frame (frām)
n.
Something composed of parts fitted and joined together.

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Slang Dictionary

frame definition


  1. tv.
    to cause an innocent person to be blamed for a crime; to contrive evidence so that someone appears to be guilty. (Originally underworld.) : Jimmy tried to frame his sister for painting the cat yellow.
  2. n.
    and frame-up; frameup. a scheme where an innocent person is made to take the blame for something; incrimination caused by contrived evidence. (Underworld.) : The frame-up would have worked if it weren't for one little thing.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
FRAME
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments
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Example sentences
But here are several reader messages about the general question of framing the
  discussion.
To keep framing intelligent questions, historians need to construct forms that
  give meaning to the tangle of human experience.
Don't worry about framing the perfect shot while the camera is in your hand.
It may seem odd that framing the same policy in different ways will change the
  way people respond to that policy.
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