n. 1 framework, shell, form, skeleton, support, chassis, framing, structure, fabric, scaffolding, construction We made a frame of sticks over which the canvas was stretched 2 border, casing, case-mounting, mount, edge, edging; setting This picture would look best in a gold frame 3 system, form, pattern, scheme, schema, plan, order, organization, framework, structure, construct, construction, arrangement, blueprint, design, layout, composition, context, make-up, configuration The proposed new department does not fit into the present frame of the company 4 physique, build, bone structure, body, skeleton, figure He has an unusually large frame for a dancer 5 frame of mind. mood, humour, state, condition, attitude, bent, disposition I am not in the right frame of mind to put up with your nonsense at the moment
v. 6 construct, build, put together, assemble, set up, put up, erect, raise, elevate We framed the entire house in two days 7 make, fashion, form, mould, carve out, forge, originate, create, devise, compose, formulate, put together, conceive, draw up, draft, shape, block out, give form or shape to; contrive The founding fathers met to frame a new constitution 8 enclose, box (in); set off I like the way you've framed that painting 9 set up, incriminate (fraudulently), trap, entrap: Did Dr Crippen kill his wife or was he framed?