(~s, framing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of a picture or mirror is the wood, metal, or plastic that is fitted around it, especially when it is displayed or hung on a wall.
Estelle kept a photograph of her mother in a silver ~ on the kitchen mantelpiece.
...a pair of picture ~s.
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2.
The ~ of an object such as a building, chair, or window is the arrangement of wooden, metal, or plastic bars between which other material is fitted, and which give the object its strength and shape.
He supplied housebuilders with modern timber ~s...
We painted our table to match the window ~ in the bedroom.
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3.
The ~s of a pair of glasses are all the metal or plastic parts of it, but not the lenses.
He was wearing new spectacles with gold wire ~s.
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4.
You can refer to someone’s body as their ~, especially when you are describing the general shape of their body.
Their belts are pulled tight against their bony ~s.
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5.
A ~ of cinema film is one of the many separate photographs that it consists of.
Standard 8mm projects at 16 ~s per second.
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6.
When a picture or photograph is ~d, it is put in a ~.
The picture is now ready to be mounted and ~d...
On the wall is a large ~d photograph.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
7.
If an object is ~d by a particular thing, it is surrounded by that thing in a way that makes the object more striking or attractive to look at.
The swimming pool is ~d by tropical gardens...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep
8.
If someone ~s an innocent person, they make other people think that that person is guilty of a crime, by lying or inventing evidence. (INFORMAL)
I need to find out who tried to ~ me...
VERB: V n
9.
If someone is in the ~ for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
We need a win to keep us in the ~ for the title.
= in the running
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10.
see also cold ~