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FRAME IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frame in mean? 

FRAME IN (verb)
  The verb FRAME IN has 1 sense:

1. enclose in or as if in a frameplay

  Familiarity information: FRAME IN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRAME IN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Enclose in or as if in a frame

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

border; frame; frame in

Context example:

frame a picture

Hypernyms (to "frame in" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


 Context examples 


She delayed to speak, and at last she spoke haltingly, hesitating to frame in words the harshness of her thought.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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