Definition of framing

Overview of noun framing

The noun framing has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (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")

Overview of verb frame

The verb frame has 6 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (4) frame, frame in, border

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

2. (3) frame

(enclose in a frame, as of a picture)

3. (1) 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. (1) 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. (1) 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)