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NOUN (2)

1. formulation of the plans and important details;
- Example: "the framing of judicial decrees"

2. a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror;
- Example: "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention"
- Example: "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held"
[syn: frame, framing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frame \Frame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.] 1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice. [1913 Webster] 2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false. [1913 Webster] How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform. [1913 Webster] And frame my face to all occasions. --Shak. [1913 Webster] We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness. --Landor. [1913 Webster] The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To support. [Obs. & R.] [1913 Webster] That on a staff his feeble steps did frame. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 6. To provide with a frame, as a picture. [1913 Webster] 7. to manufacture false evidence against (an innocent person), so as to make the person appear guilty of a crime. The act of framing a person is often referred to as a frame-up. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Framing \Fram"ing\, n. 1. The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch. & Engin.) A framework, or a sy? of frames. [1913 Webster] Framing chisel (Carp.), a heavy chisel with a socket shank for making mortises. Frampel
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

framing n 1: formulation of the plans and important details; "the framing of judicial decrees" 2: a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror; "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held" [syn: frame, framing]