frame
🇺🇸
/freɪm/
🇬🇧
/freɪm/
noun
B1
A border that holds something like a picture or door in place.
The picture frame is made of wood.
B1
The main structure that gives shape to furniture, buildings, or vehicles.
The car frame is strong and safe.
R
The part of glasses that holds the lenses.
I need new frames for my glasses.
R
The shape of a person's or animal's body.
His tall frame stood out in the crowd.
R
The main ideas or structure behind something.
We study history within the frame of time.
R
A single picture in a film or video.
Each frame of the movie is clear.
R
A single picture in a comic strip.
The first frame shows the hero.
R
A separate area on a web page that can be scrolled.
The top frame has the menu.
R
A small covered structure to protect plants from cold.
We use a frame to grow seeds early.
R
A round in games like snooker or bowling.
He won the first frame of the game.
verb
B1
To put a border around something.
She will frame the photo.
R
To surround something to make a nice picture.
The trees frame the view nicely.
R
To make an innocent person seem guilty with false evidence.
They tried to frame him for the crime.
R
To create a plan, system, or set of rules.
They will frame new rules for the game.
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To say something in a certain way.
Frame your words carefully.
translation
A border that holds something like a picture or door in place.; The main structure that gives shape to furniture, buildings, or vehicles.; The part of glasses that holds the lenses.; The shape of a person's or animal's body.; The main ideas or structure behind something.; A single picture in a film or video.; A single picture in a comic strip.; A separate area on a web page that can be scrolled.; A small covered structure to protect plants from cold.; A round in games like snooker or bowling.
To put a border around something.; To surround something to make a nice picture.; To make an innocent person seem guilty with false evidence.; To create a plan, system, or set of rules.; To say something in a certain way.
Word Forms
Plural
frames
Progressive
framing
Past
framed
Perfect
framed
3rd Present
frames