Frame
Part of speech: verb
Definition: Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements. Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to add a decorative border. To position visually within a fixed boundary. To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation. Of a presumably innocent person, to cause to appear guilty.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The structural elements of a building or other constructed object. The structure of a person's body. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material. A piece of photographic film containing an image. A context for understanding or interpretation. A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted. An independent chunk of data sent over the wires of a network. A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game. The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change. A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second. An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
Example sentence: The word 'art' interests me very much. If it comes from Sanskrit, as I've heard, it signifies 'making.' Now everyone makes something, and those who make things on a canvas with a frame, they're called artists. Formerly, they were called craftsmen, a term I prefer. We're all craftsmen, in civilian or military or artistic life.
Compose
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make something by merging parts.To make up the whole; to constitute.To comprise.To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.To calm oneself down.To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
Example sentence: I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer.