frame

1. (transitive)To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.

2. (transitive)To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.

   construct by fitting or uniting parts together

3. (transitive)To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.

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.

   ausarbeiten, entwerfen

   формирова́тьformirovátʹ, составля́тьsostavljátʹ

5. (transitive)To place (a picture such as a painting or photograph) inside a decorative border.

   einfassen, einrahmen

   обрамля́тьobramljátʹ, обставля́тьobstavljátʹ

6. (transitive)To position visually within a fixed boundary.

   The director frames the fishing scene very well.

   Round glasses would frame your face perfectly.

   rahmen, festlegen

7. (transitive)To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.

   How would you frame your accomplishments?

   The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.

   festlegen, formen, formulieren

8. (transitive)Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.

   The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to frame her.

9. (dialectal, intransitive)To wash ore with the aid of a frame.

   enclose in or as if in a frame

10. (dialectal, intransitive)To move.

11. To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).

12. (intransitive, obsolete)To proceed; to go.

1. Tom's lawyers say he was framed.

   Адвокати Тома кажуть, що його підставили. — deniko

   ruАдвокаты Тома говорят, что его подставили. — odexed

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2. Tom says he was framed.

   Том каже, що його підставили. — deniko

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3. Are you trying to frame me?

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4. I need a frame for this painting.

   ruМне нужна рамка для этой картины. — Wezel

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5. I need a frame for this picture.

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regular · Lesson

• frame upTo erect the initial walls and roof of (a new building).
• frame outSynonym of frame up (“erect the skeleton of (a building)”).
• frame inSynonym of enframe.