frame

Definition

  • noun: the basic structure and shape of the body of a person or animal
  • verb: to construct by fitting and uniting the parts of the skeleton of (a structure)
  • verb: to put (something) inside an open structure that holds it
  • usually used as '(be) framed'
  • synonyms: originate, plan, devise

Examples

  • Her biographer tries to provide a 'frame of reference' in which her work can be analyzed.

  • She had to extend every inch of her five-foot 'frame' [='body'] to reach the top shelf.

  • the 'framers' of the U.S. Constitution [=the people who wrote the U.S. Constitution]

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