Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun framing

2 senses of framing

Sense 1
framing -- (formulation of the plans and important details; "the framing of judicial decrees")
       => conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation -- (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)

Sense 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")
       => framework -- (a structure supporting or containing something)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb frame

6 senses of frame

Sense 1
frame, frame in, border -- (enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture")
       => enclose, close in, inclose, shut in -- (surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence")

Sense 2
frame -- (enclose in a frame, as of a picture)
       => enclose, hold in, confine -- (close in; darkness enclosed him")

Sense 3
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")
       => deceive, lead on, delude, cozen -- (be false to; be dishonest with)

Sense 4
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")
       => give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate -- (put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees")

Sense 5
frame, compose, draw up -- (make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy")
       => plan -- (make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family")

Sense 6
frame, frame up -- (construct by fitting or uniting parts together)
       => construct, build, make -- (make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer")