1. (

• framing

) formulation of the plans and important details; "the framing of judicial decrees" ;

2. (

• frame ,
• framing

) a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror; "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held" ;

1. (

• frame ,
• frame_in ,
• border ,

) enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" ;

2. (

• frame

) enclose in a frame, as of a picture ;

3. (

• ensnare ,
• entrap ,
• frame ,
• set_up

) take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" ;

4. (

• frame ,
• redact ,
• cast ,
• put ,
• couch

) formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" ;

5. (

• frame ,
• compose ,
• draw_up

) make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" ;

6. (

• frame ,
• frame_up

) construct by fitting or uniting parts together ;