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framed

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frame  (frm)
v. framed, fram·ing, frames
v.tr.
1. To build by putting together the structural parts of; construct: frame a house.
2. To conceive or design: framed an alternate proposal.
3. To arrange or adjust for a purpose: The question was framed to draw only one answer.
4.
a. To put into words; formulate: frame a reply.
b. To form (words) silently with the lips.
5. To enclose in or as if in a frame: frame a painting.
6. Informal
a. To make up evidence or contrive events so as to incriminate (a person) falsely.
b. To prearrange (a contest) so as to ensure a desired fraudulent outcome; fix: frame a prizefight.
v.intr.
1. Archaic To go; proceed.
2. Obsolete To manage; contrive.
n.
1. Something composed of parts fitted and joined together.
2. A structure that gives shape or support: the frame of a house.
3.
a. An open structure or rim for encasing, holding, or bordering: a window frame; the frame of a mirror.
b. A closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines.
4. A pair of eyeglasses, excluding the lenses. Often used in the plural: had new lenses fitted into an old pair of frames.
5. The structure of a human or animal body; physique: a worker's sturdy frame.
6. A cold frame.
7. A general structure or system: the frame of government.
8. A general state or condition: The news put me into a better frame of mind.
9. A frame of reference.
10. Sports & Games
a. A round or period of play in some games, such as bowling and billiards.
b. Baseball An inning.
11. A single picture on a roll of movie film or videotape.
12. The total area of a complete picture in television broadcasting.
13. An individual drawing within a comic strip.
14. Computer Science
a. A rectangular segment within a browser's window that can be scrolled independently of other such segments.
b. A single step in a sequence of programmed instructions.
15. Informal A frame-up.
16. Obsolete Shape; form.

[Middle English framen, from Old English framian, to further, from fram, forward; see from.]

frama·ble, framea·ble adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.framed - provided with a frame; "there were framed snapshots of family and friends on her desk"
unframed - not provided with a frame; "unframed pictures"
Translations
framed [freɪmd] adjincorniciato/a
framed [freɪmd] adjincorniciato/a


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It was gravely said by some of the prelates in the Council of Trent, where the doctrine of the Schoolmen bare great sway, that the Schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics and epicycles, and such engines of orbs, to save the phenomena; though they knew there were no such things; and in like manner, that the Schoolmen had framed a number of subtle and intricate axioms, and theorems, to save the practice of the church.
I thought it was Shea returning to speak with me on some matter of tomorrow's work; but when I raised my eyes to the doorway that connects the two rooms I saw framed there the figure of a bronzed giant, his otherwise naked body trapped with a jewel-encrusted harness from which there hung at one side an ornate short-sword and at the other a pistol of strange pattern.
An observer placed at the bottom of the enormous Columbiad, pointed perpendicularly to the horizon, would have framed the moon in the mouth of the gun.
 
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