framed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of frame.

   The committee framed the new policy after months of debate.

   Detectives later discovered that the suspect had been framed for the robbery.

   Note

   One regular -ed spelling does duty for both the simple past (she framed the photograph) and the participle that follows have and be (it has been framed, the roof was framed last week). Before a noun, as in a framed copy of her picture, the participle shades into the plain adjective. The verb itself reaches further. A plan can be framed, meaning composed, and a building can be framed, meaning its structure is put together.

2. 2
   adjective

   Enclosed in a frame, or fitted with one around the edges.

   The framed certificate hung proudly behind his office desk.

   Rows of framed paintings lined the gallery walls.

   Similarmounted, bordered, enclosed

   Oppositeunframed, unmounted

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