Overview of noun framing

The noun framing has 2 senses

• framing -- (formulation of the plans and important details; "the framing of judicial decrees")


• frame, framing -- (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")

Overview of verb frame

The verb frame has 6 senses

• frame, frame in, border -- (enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture")


• frame -- (enclose in a frame, as of a picture)


• ensnare, entrap, frame, set up -- (take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police")


• frame, redact, cast, put, couch -- (formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language")


• frame, compose, draw up -- (make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy")


• frame, frame up -- (construct by fitting or uniting parts together)