framing

Verb

frame (third-person singular simple present frames, present participle framing, simple past and past participle framed)

1. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
   • I will hereafter frame myself to be coy.1578, John Lyly, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
2. (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
   • Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements,
     Warring within our breaſts for regiment,
     Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
3. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
   • He began to frame the loveliest countenance he could.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...
4. (transitive) To put together the structural elements of (a constructed object such as a building).
   • Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.
5. (transitive) To place (a picture such as a painting or photograph) inside a decorative border.
6. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
   • The director frames the fishing scene very well.

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