frame betydelse and definition

Betydelse av frame på svenska

• 0 a border that surrounds and supports a picture, door, or window:

  • a picture frame

• 1 the basic structure of a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture that other parts are added onto:

  • a bicycle frame

  • My sister has a much bigger frame than me.

  • The most important thing is to go into the exam in a positive frame of mind.

  • How can Christians and atheists ever come to understand each other when their frames of reference are so different?

• 2 a period of play in some games, such as snooker:

  • She lost the next two frames.

• 3 one of the pictures on a strip of photographic film, or one of the single pictures that together form a television or cinema film

• 4 to express something choosing your words carefully:

  • The interview would have been more productive if the questions had been framed more precisely.

• 5 to make a person seem to be guilty of a crime when they are not, by producing facts or information that are not true:

  • He claimed he'd been framed by the police.

• 6 to fix a border around a picture, etc. and often glass in front of it:

  • I keep meaning to get that photo framed.

  • Her new hairstyle frames her face in a much more flattering way.

• 7 a border that encloses and supports a picture, mirror, etc.:

  • She put his picture in a silver frame.

• 8 a structure that holds the parts of an object in position and gives them support:

  • The houses have wood frames built on concrete slabs.

• 9 a person’s body when referring to its size or structure:

  • He eased his lean frame into a chair.

• 10 to carefully plan or organize ideas, suggestions, methods, etc., in a particular way:

  • Their conclusions are framed in such a way that if one piece of evidence were shown to be false, the argument would be suspect.

• 11 to make a person seem to be guilty of a crime by providing false information:

  • It looked like somebody was trying to frame him.

• 12 to fix a border around a picture, photograph, etc., often with glass in front of it:

  • We had our wedding pictures framed.

  • fig. Her small face was framed by the open door.