frame /frām/

1. To form
2. To shape
3. To put together
4. To plan, adjust or adapt
5. To contrive, devise or concoct
6. To bring about
7. To articulate
8. To direct (one's steps)
9. To set about
10. To enclose in a frame or border
11. To make (someone) the victim of a frame-up (informal)

1. To make one's way
2. To resort
3. To pretend (dialect)
4. To make a move
5. To give promise of progress or success
6. To contrive (Bible)

1. The body
2. A putting together of parts
3. A structure
4. A case made to enclose, border or support anything
5. The skeleton of anything
6. The rigid part of a bicycle
7. A structure on which embroidery is worked
8. A stocking-making machine
9. A loom (obsolete)
10. A structure on which bees build a honeycomb
11. A structure for the cultivation or sheltering of plants
12. State (of mind) or mood
13. Act of devising (Shakespeare)
14. The individual unit picture in cinema film or in a (still or movie) photographic film, cartoon strip, etc
15. Formerly, the British term for field (TV)
16. The total TV picture
17. A triangular support in which the balls are grouped for the break (snooker, etc)
18. The balls so grouped (snooker, etc)
19. In the jargon of certain games, a definite part of a game, a game, or a definite number of games

framed adjective

framˈer noun

1. A person who forms or constructs
2. A person who makes frames for pictures, etc
3. A person who devises
4. A person who formulates (eg law)

framˈing noun

1. The act of constructing
2. A frame or setting

frameˈ-breaker noun (historical)

A person who broke stocking-frames on their introduction in protest against the unemployment they caused

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