frame
frame [frame frames framed framing] noun, verb BrE [freɪm] NAmE [freɪm]
noun 
BORDER
1. countable a strong border or structure of wood, metal, etc. that holds a picture, door, piece of glass, etc. in position
•a picture frame
•aluminium window frames
• I'm going to paint the door frame white.
STRUCTURE
2. countable the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a building, a vehicle, etc. that gives it its shape
•the frame of an aircraft/a car/a bicycle
• The bed frame is made of pine.
see also ↑climbing frame
OF GLASSES
3. countable, usually plural a structure of plastic or metal that holds the lenses in a pair of glasses
•gold-rimmed frames
PERSON/ANIMAL'S BODY
4. countable, usually singular the form or structure of a person or animal's body
•to have a small/slender/large frame
• The bed was shorter than his six-foot frame.
GENERAL IDEAS
5. singular the general ideas or structure that form the background to sth
•In this course we hope to look at literature in the frame of its social and historical context.
see also ↑time frame
OF FILM/MOVIE
6. countable one of the single photographs that a film or video is made of
OF PICTURE STORY
7. countable a single picture in a ↑comic strip
COMPUTING
8. countable one of the separate areas on an Internet page that you can ↑scroll through (= read by using the mouse to move the text up or down)
IN GARDEN
9. countable = ↑cold frame
IN SNOOKER/BOWLING
10. countable a single section of play in the game of ↑snooker, etc, or in ↑bowling
•He won the first frame easily.
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).
Thesaurus:
frame noun C
•a bicycle frame
body • • chassis • • shell • • hull • • bodywork • • fuselage •
the frame/body/chassis/shell/bodywork of a car
the frame/body/fuselage of a/an aircraft/plane
the frame/hull of a ship
a metal/steel frame/body/chassis/shell/hull/bodywork
Example Bank:
•She has quite a small frame.
•a man with a lean, athletic frame
•pictures in gold frames
•a bicycle frame
Idiom: ↑in of the frame
Derived Word: ↑framed
verb
MAKE BORDER
1. usually passive ~ sth to put or make a frame or border around sth
• The photograph had been framed.
• Her blonde hair framed her face.
•He stood there, head back, framed against the blue sky.
PRODUCE FALSE EVIDENCE
2. usually passive ~ sb (for sth) to produce false evidence against an innocent person so that people think he or she is guilty
Syn: fit up
•He says he was framed.
DEVELOP PLAN/SYSTEM
3. ~ sth (formal)to create and develop sth such as a plan, a system or a set of rules
EXPRESS STH
4. ~ sth to express sth in a particular way
•You'll have to be careful how you frame the question.
Verb forms: 
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).
Example Bank:
•Measures to secure oil production must be framed in the context of rising energy demands.
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