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Framing - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Framing : (noun)
1: formulation of the plans and important details; "the framing
of judicial decrees"
2: a structure supporting or containing something [syn: framework,
frame]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Frame \Frame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS.
fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong,
valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from,
Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm
worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf.
Furnish.]
1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the
several parts of the skeleton of any structure;
specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting
parts of one member to fit parts of another. See
Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth,
Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.
2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose;
in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something
false.
How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind
of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.
--I. Watts.
3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to
adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
And frame my face to all occasions. --Shak.
We may in some measure frame our minds for the
reception of happiness. --Landor.
The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I.
Taylor.
4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]
Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak.
5. To support. [Obs. & R.]
That on a staff his feeble steps did frame.
--Spenser.
6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Framing : \Fram"ing\, n.
1. The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or
of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.
2. (Arch. & Engin.) A framework, or a sy? of frames.
Framing chisel (Carp.), a heavy chisel with a socket shank
for making mortises.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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