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# frame

«frame» in Mova's school dictionary: **a border that goes around something, like around a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (frame, frames); verb (frame, frames, framed, framing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A frame is a border that goes around something, like around a picture, a mirror or a window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#m1)

2) A frame is the strong structure that holds something up, like the frame of a bike, a house or glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#m2)

3) To frame a picture is to put it in a frame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#m3)

4) Your frame is the size and shape of your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#m4)

5) A frame is one picture in a film or comic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#m5)

6) To frame someone is to make them look guilty when they are not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a shape whose edge is measured (perimeter: wood or ribbon around) or an object counted; the picture inside points to area; also a picture frame bought for money; science: skeletons are the body's frame; everyday life: photo frames, glasses frames, a climbing frame; stories: the detective found he had been framed

### examples

- A picture frame is 20 cm long and 15 cm wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x1)
- How much wood is needed for the frame? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x2)
- She buys 3 frames for 6 dollars each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x3)
- The window frame is a rectangle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x4)
- We hung the photo in a wooden frame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x5)
- My glasses have red frames. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x6)
- The children played on the climbing frame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x7)
- The bike frame is made of metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x8)
- "Such an one must be carved on the frame of our picture." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/#x9)

### note

Wood or ribbon «around» a frame points to perimeter; the picture inside points to area. Trap: do not mix up the length around with the space inside.

### In the corpora

- [Cartoons often use 12 to 24 pictures for every second of film; each single still picture is called a frame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons/6/)
- [Japan has strict earthquake rules, and many buildings have flexible frames or shock-absorbing bases that let them move without breaking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/34-buildings-and-architecture/13/)
- [A film is many still pictures, called frames, shown quickly, traditionally 24 every second in the cinema.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/11/)
- [New climbing frames, ropes, branches and hiding places are enrichment too, because new paths keep animals active and curious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/112-training-and-enrichment/10/)
- [Hang from a climbing frame by your knees and you get tired in a minute.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frame» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frame/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.