frame

Noun

• one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

• a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
  • the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention
    
  • the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held
    

• the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
  • the building has a steel skeleton
    

• the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

• a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

• an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently

• a single drawing in a comic_strip

• (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

• alternative names for the body of a human being
  • Leonardo studied the human body
    
  • he has a strong physique
    
  • the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
    

• a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film

• the framework for a pair of eyeglasses

Verb

• construct by fitting or uniting parts together

• make up plans or basic details for
  • frame a policy
    

• formulate in a particular style or language
  • I wouldn't put it that way
    
  • She cast her request in very polite language
    

• take or catch as if in a snare or trap
  • I was set up!
    
  • The innocent man was framed by the police
    

• enclose in a frame, as of a picture

• enclose in or as if in a frame
  • frame a picture
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  framing , skeleton , skeletal frame , underframe , skeletal system , systema skeletale , frame of reference , inning , frame up , compose , draw up , redact , cast , put , couch , ensnare , entrap , set up , frame in , border