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frame

Definitions


[freɪm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane

- a person's body with reference to its size or build
(e.g: a shiver shook her slim frame)

- a basic structure that underlies or supports a system, concept, or text
(e.g: the establishment of conditions provides a frame for interpretation)

- a single complete picture in a series forming a cinema, television, or video film
(e.g: video footage slowed down to 20 frames a second)

- 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

- the triangular structure for positioning the red balls in snooker


Phrases:
- be in the frame
- be out of the frame
- frame of mind

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; 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)


[freɪm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- place (a picture or photograph) in a frame
(e.g: he had had the photo framed)

- formulate (a concept, plan, or system)
(e.g: staff have proved invaluable in framing the proposals)

- produce false evidence against (an innocent person) so that they appear guilty
(e.g: he claims he was framed)


Phrases:
- be in the frame
- be out of the frame
- frame of mind

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; 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)




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