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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms

[ English

[ Etymology

Old English framian.

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /freɪm/

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  Rhymes: -eɪm

[ Verb

Infinitive to frame

Third person singular frames

Simple past framed

Past participle framed

Present participle framing

to frame (third-person singular simple present frames, present participle framing, simple past and past participle framed)

1. (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.

   • Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.

2. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to add a decorative border.
3. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.

   • The director frames the fishing scene very well.

4. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.

   • How would you frame your accomplishments?
   • The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.

5. (transitive) Of a presumably innocent person, to cause to appear guilty.

   • The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to frame her.

[ Translations

put together the structural elements

German: ausarbeiten de(de), entwerfen de(de)

add a decorative border to a picture

Catalan: emmarcar Finnish: kehystää fi(fi) German: einfassen de(de), einrahmen de(de) Greek: κορνιζάρω el(el), καδράρω el(el) Polish: oprawiać

Portuguese: emoldurar, enquadrar Slovak: zarámovať Spanish: enmarcar Swedish: rama, rama in

position visually within a fixed boundary

German: rahmen de(de), festlegen de(de) Greek: καδράρω el(el)

Polish: komponować Swedish: komponera

establish a context in words

Catalan: enquadrar, emmarcar, contextualitzar Finnish: muotoilla fi(fi) German: festlegen de(de), formen de(de), formulieren de(de)

Spanish: encuadrar es(es) Swedish: utforma

cause a person to appear guilty

Finnish: lavastaa fi(fi) German: hereinlegen de(de), anhängen de(de), reinlegen de(de) Greek: παγιδεύω el(el)

Polish: wrabiać Russian: подставить (podstàvit') perfective Swedish: sätta dit

[ Noun

frame (plural frames)

1. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.

   • Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.

2. The structure of a person's body.

   • His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.

3. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.

   • The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.

4. A piece of photographic film containing an image.

   • A film projector shows many frames in a single second.

5. A context for understanding or interpretation.

   • In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.

6. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
7. (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over the wires of a network.
8. (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
9. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
10. (animation) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second.

[ Translations

structural elements of a building or other constructed object

Finnish: runko fi(fi) German: Gerüst de(de) n., Rahmen de(de) m. Greek: σκελετός el(el) (skeletós) m.

Hungarian: váz hu(hu), tartószerkezet hu(hu) Italian: impalcatura f., incastellatura f., armatura f., telaio m. (of a bicycle) Swedish: stomme, bjälklag

structure of a person's body

Catalan: constitució Finnish: keho fi(fi) German: Gestalt de(de) f., Figur de(de) f.

Hungarian: alkat hu(hu), testalkat hu(hu) Italian: scheletro it(it) m., ossatura it(it) f., Swedish: kroppsbyggnad

rigid, generally rectangular mounting

Catalan: marc Chinese: 框, 画框(for painting) Czech: rám cs(cs) m. Finnish: kehys fi(fi) French: Cadre fr(fr) m. German: Rahmen de(de) m. Greek: κορνίζα el(el) (korníza) f., κάδρο el(el) (kádro) f.

Hungarian: keret hu(hu) Italian: intelaiatura it(it) f., telaio it(it) m., cornice it(it) f. Polish: rama pl(pl) f. Slovak: rám sk(sk) m. Spanish: marco es(es) m. Swedish: ram sv(sv)

piece of photographic film containing an image

Catalan: marc Chinese: 画格 (simplified chinese) 畫格 (traditional chinese) Finnish: kuva fi(fi) French: image fr(fr) f. German: Bild de(de) n.

Hungarian: kép hu(hu) Italian: fotogramma it(it) m., inquadratura it(it) f. Polish: klatka f., ramka f. Swedish: bildruta

complete game of snooker

chunk of data

German: Frame de(de) m., Rahmen de(de) m. Polish: ramka f.

Swedish: ram sv(sv)

[ Derived terms

frame ball frame house frame in frame of mind frame of reference frame story frame up

framework framing hammer framing square inertial frame of reference freeze frame time frame window frame

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