to frame in

Examples

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• The picturesque mountain view was perfectly framed in the window of their cozy cabin.

• Chantal has risen from the futon and stands framed in a halo of flickering light.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Michael looked back at the mother and daughter, carefully framed in the green mouth of the door.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Actually, there is a full House cast picture framed in our hallway at Call Me at Call Me Cat.

• I kept that picture of those wonderful firemen and have it framed in my office.

  Blog text (12)

• Prints of horses, matted in dark green and framed in gold, were hung upon the walls.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Its massive porticoed entry doors, framed in brightest white, double as a portal to another time.

  Blog text (12)

• Once the operation starts, my concentration is complete, my only concern the child's face, framed in blue towels and bathed in bright light.

  Fiction book (2000)

• And suddenly, two men of the Guardia Civil stood framed in the arched doorway.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I looked up at Forrest—framed in a headdress of dark, rustling leaves—trying to figure this out.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

F

to frame

vsto frame in

98 1.9

To put a picture or photo in a border for display

focuses on plain enclosing rather than decorative edging

B

to border

vsto frame in

1 3.1

To add a decorative edge around something

means enclosing in place rather than mainly decorating the outer edge

E

to enframe

vsto frame in

1 8.8

To put something inside a border in a photo or painting to make it stand out

is about enclosing something not necessarily adding emphasis or display

How Elaborate

to trim

11 4.1

to border

1 3.1

to frame in

5 4.5

to mount

47 3.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology