frame

frame1 [ freım ] noun **

▸ 1 border of picture etc.

▸ 2 part of object

▸ 3 one photograph on film

▸ 4 shape of someone's body

▸ 5 box on Internet page

▸ 6 part of game of bowling

1. ) count a structure that forms a border for a picture or mirror and holds it in place:

a silver picture frame

a ) a border around a door or window:

The window frames need painting.

2. ) count a structure that forms part of an object and gives it its strength and shape:

a kite with a rigid frame

a rusty bed frame

a ) frames plural the part of a pair of GLASSES that holds the glass or plastic LENSES and has pieces that go over your ears

3. ) count one of the single photographs that together form a piece of film for a movie or video

4. ) count usually singular MAINLY LITERARY the particular shape or size of someone's body:

A shiver shook her small frame.

5. ) count COMPUTING a box on an Internet page that contains information you can SCROLL through (=go up and down by using the mouse). Pages usually contain several frames.

6. ) count one of the parts in a game of BOWLING

=> FRAME OF MIND, FRAME OF REFERENCE

frame

frame 2 [ freım ] verb transitive *

▸ 1 put picture in frame

▸ 2 make someone seem guilty

▸ 3 express something carefully

▸ 4 develop plan/law etc.

▸ 5 form border around something

1. ) often passive to put a picture or photograph in a frame:

That's a nice photo you ought to have it framed.

2. ) INFORMAL to make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not, for example by lying to the police or producing false evidence

3. ) to express something carefully in a particular way:

The judge instructed him to frame the question differently.

4. ) to develop or make up something such as a plan or law:

Many people were involved in framing these proposals.

5. ) LITERARY to form a border around something:

Long red hair framed her smiling face.