frame
noun
[ freɪm ]
• a rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.
• a person's body with reference to its size or build.
• "a shiver shook her slim frame"
Similar:
body,
figure,
form,
shape,
physique,
build,
size,
proportions,
skeleton,
bones,
framework,
structure,
bod,
chassis,
• a basic structure that underlies or supports a system, concept, or text.
• "the establishment of conditions provides a frame for interpretation"
Similar:
structure,
framework,
context,
scheme,
system,
plan,
order,
form,
fabric,
constitution,
organization,
• a structural environment within which a class of words or other linguistic units can be correctly used. For example I — him is a frame for a large class of transitive verbs.
• a single complete picture in a series forming a cinema, television, or video film.
• "video footage slowed down to 20 frames a second"
• the triangular structure for positioning the red balls in snooker.
frame
verb
• place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.
• "he had had the photo framed"
• formulate (a concept, plan, or system).
• "staff have proved invaluable in framing the proposals"
Similar:
formulate,
draw up,
plan,
draft,
map out,
sketch out,
work out,
shape,
compose,
put together,
arrange,
form,
devise,
create,
establish,
conceive,
think up,
hatch,
originate,
orchestrate,
engineer,
organize,
coordinate,
dream up,
cook up,
• produce false evidence against (an innocent person) so that they appear guilty.
• "he claims he was framed"
Similar:
falsely incriminate,
fabricate charges against,
fabricate evidence against,
entrap,
fit up,
set up,
Origin:
Old English framian ‘be useful’, of Germanic origin and related to from. The general sense in Middle English, ‘make ready for use’, probably led to frame (sense 2 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).
frame of reference
noun
• a set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.
• "the observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference"
