frame

To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.transitive

• I will hereafter frame myself to be coy.
• frame my face to all occasions

To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.transitive

• Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements, Warring within our breaſts for regiment, Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:

To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.transitive

• He began to frame the loveliest countenance he could.
• How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.

To put together the structural elements of (a constructed object such as a building).transitive

• Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.

To place (a picture such as a painting or photograph) inside a decorative border.transitive

To position visually within a fixed boundary.transitive

• The director frames the fishing scene very well.
• Round glasses would frame your face perfectly.

To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.transitive

• How would you frame your accomplishments?
• The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.

Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.transitive

• The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to frame her.

To wash ore with the aid of a frame.dialectalintransitive

To move.dialectalintransitive

• An oath, and a threat to set Throttler on me if I did not "frame off" rewarded my perseverance.

The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.

• Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.

Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.

• The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare, Enchac’d with thouſands euer ſhining lamps, Will ſooner burne the glorious frame of Heauen, Then ſhould it ſo conſpire my ouerthrow.
• These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, / Almighty! thine this universal frame.

A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.

• His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.

A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.

• The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.

A piece of photographic film containing an image.

• A film projector shows many frames in a single second.

A context for understanding or interpretation.

• In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.

A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.

• Didn't you ever wonder this whole thing may be a frame?

A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.

An independent chunk of data sent over a network.

A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.