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🗂️ A layout sketch 📐 A line drawing 🧵 A wire structure ✏️ To outline layout
to wireframe

to wireframe

6.7
To make a simple sketch that shows a website or app layout
  • verb
  • /ˈwaɪərˌfreɪm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : esquematizar
  • Can you wireframe this page for me?

Examples

  • She likes to wireframe her ideas on paper before using any design software.

  • Developers often wireframe apps to plan the user experience early in the process.

  • Before starting the visual design, the team will wireframe each page of the website.

  • We need to wireframe the new app design.

  • Before finalizing the design, it is important to wireframe the app to ensure a user-friendly layout.

  • As part of the design process, many teams wireframe their projects to visualize the user interface structure.

  • When I wireframe a website, I focus on the arrangement of elements to enhance user navigation.

Synonyms

to sketch out
vsto wireframe
9 3.5

Draw or write a short plan showing the main ideas

is a structured layout for interfaces showing placement not final visuals
to predesign
vsto wireframe
  • Specialized
1 6.3

To make an early plan or drawing before the main work begins

is focused on interface structure and visual placement rather than general planning

How Detailed

to refine
93 4.0
to prototype
1 4.2
to wireframe
  • Specialized
6.7

Surface Forms

wireframe infinitive
wireframed past
wireframed past participle
wireframing present participle
wireframes third person singular

Etymology

To wireframe comes from the noun made of wire ('thin metal string') and frame ('structure' or 'skeleton'), and it means to make a simple outline. So to wireframe a page or app is to plan its structure and layout before you add details.