framing
noun
[ ˈfreɪmɪŋ ]
• the action of framing something.
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).
