To Frame

1. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
2. (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
3. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
4. (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
5. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
6. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
7. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
8. (transitive, criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
9. (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
10. (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
11. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
12. (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
13. (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
14. (transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
15. (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
16. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
17. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
18. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.

Synonyms

• (conspire to incriminate): fit up