a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.

a rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, joined so as to surround sizable empty spaces or nonstructural panels, and generally used as a major support in building or engineering works, machinery, furniture, etc.

a body, esp. a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique

He has a large frame.

a structure for admitting or enclosing something

a window frame.

Usually, frames. ( used with a plural verb ) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.

form, constitution, or structure in general; system; order.

a particular state, as of the mind

an unhappy frame of mind.

Movies . one of the successive pictures on a strip of film.

Television . a single traversal by the electron beam of all the scanning lines on a television screen. In the U.S. this is a total of 525 lines traversed in 1 / 30 second. Compare field ( def. 19 ) .

Computers . the information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time.

Bowling .

one of the ten divisions of a game.

one of the squares on the scorecard, in which the score for a given frame is recorded.

Pool . rack 1 ( def. 3 ) .

Baseball . an inning.

Slang . a frame-up.

enclosing lines, usually forming a square or rectangle, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like; a box.

the structural unit that supports the chassis of an automobile.

Nautical .

any of a number of transverse, riblike members for supporting and stiffening the shell of each side of a hull.

any of a number of longitudinal members running between web frames to support and stiffen the shell plating of a metal hull.

a machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, esp. as used in textile production

drawing frame; spinning frame.

Printing . the workbench of a compositor, consisting of a cabinet, cupboards, bins, and drawers, and having flat and sloping work surfaces on top.

Bookbinding . an ornamental border, similar to a picture frame, stamped on the front cover of some books.

in frame, Shipbuilding . (of a hull) with all frames erected and ready for planking or plating.

to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together; construct.

to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem

to frame a new constitution.

to conceive or imagine, as an idea.

Informal . to incriminate (an innocent person) through the use of false evidence, information, etc.

to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture.

to give utterance to

Astonished, I attempted to frame adequate words of protest.

to form or seem to form (speech) with the lips, as if enunciating carefully.

to fashion or shape

to frame a bust from marble.

to shape or adapt to a particular purpose

to frame a reading list for ninth graders.

Informal . to contrive or prearrange fraudulently or falsely, as in a scheme or contest.

to adjust (film) in a motion-picture projector so as to secure exact correspondence of the outlines of the frame and aperture.

to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight.

Archaic . to direct, as one's steps.

Archaic . to betake oneself; resort.

Archaic . to prepare, attempt, give promise, or manage to do something.

verb

destroy , raze

noun

anatomy , architecture , body , build , cage , carcass , construction , enclosure , fabric , flounce , form , framework , fringe , groundwork , hem , mount , mounting , outline , physique , scaffold , scaffolding , scheme , setting , shell , stage , structure , support , system , trim , trimming , truss , valance

verb

assemble , back , border , constitute , construct , encase , enclose , erect , fabricate , fashion , forge , form , institute , invent , lath , make , manufacture , mat , model , mold , mount , panel , produce , put together , raise , set up , shingle , block out , conceive , concoct , contrive , cook up , design , devise , draft , draw up , dream up * , formulate , hatch , indite , make up , map out , outline , prepare , shape , sketch , vamp , write , build , blueprint , cast , chart , lay , plan , project , scheme , strategize , work out , adjust , arrange , attempt , binder , body , casement , casing , chassis , compose , conform , fabric , fit , furnish , manage , physique , portray , proceed , serve , shell , structure , support , tenter , truss