Framed Frame Freɪm Verb Bre Photograph Blonde Hair

• the photograph had been framed.
• her blonde hair framed her face.
• he stood there, head back, framed against the blue sky.
• he says he was framed.

frame

1. to put or make a frame or border around something
• See related entries: Artwork and techniques
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• The photograph had been framed.
• Her blonde hair framed her face.
• He stood there, head back, framed against the blue sky.
2. to produce false evidence against an innocent person so that people think he or she is guilty
• synonym fit somebodyup (for something)
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• He says he was framed.
3. to create and develop something such as a plan, a system or a set of rules
• Measures to secure oil production must be framed in the context of rising energy demands.
4. to express something in a particular way
• You'll have to be careful how you frame the question.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they frame
• he / she / it frames
• past simple framed
• past participle framed
• -ing form framing

Word 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 senses (3 and 4) of the verb; 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).