to frame
- verb
- /freɪm/
- After printing her favorite photo, she asked the store to frame it professionally.
- frame a photograph
- frame a picture
- frame a painting
Let's just frame the eyes with a touch of mascara just to finish it off.
- Let's just frame the eyes with a touch of mascara just to finish it off.
- I'll probably frame it and put it in the studio, But and then it could be like break glass in case case of exactly break glass in case of war.
Examples
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I'm going to have you sign this and I'm going to frame it and put it in the studio.
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I framed it.
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Thought you might wanna frame this.
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Ask Dad to frame it.
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I'm gonna gold frame this one.
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I'm gonna hang this night up on the wall and frame it.
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You framed an Asia poster?
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I framed it beautifully.
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Mastrionotti is in the hallway in full shot, framed by the door, still looking puzzled.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her thick blond hair, braided, framed an oval face much like her mother's.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
To add a decorative edge around something
To put something inside a border in a photo or painting to make it stand out
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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A system for measuring where things are and how they move from one viewpoint
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A system that describes where and how an object is located or facing
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A low box with a clear top that protects young plants from cold and helps them grow
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Inside support that gives a building or machine its shape and strength
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A square wooden tool archaeologists use to map objects at a dig site
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A point of view where objects stay still or move steadily unless a force acts
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A frame where objects stay still or move straight at constant speed unless a force acts on them
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A machine that pulls and lightly twists loose fibres to make thin yarn for spinning
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A machine that uses flat plates and frames to separate solids from liquids
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A machine with plates and frames that separates solids from liquids in factories
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A square wooden frame archaeologists use to draw and measure features at a site
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A machine that pulls and slightly twists fibers to make a loose rope for spinning
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Etymology
To frame a picture or window follows the same idea of fitting a border around something to hold it in place. That is why to frame an image is to put it in a surround or border.