Some word experts say the expression to frame someone comes from the way wood must be fitted closely around a painting or photograph to frame it.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

Next,she went to the shoe department, sat down and waited to be fitted.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

It was a long time since Missus Sommers had been fitted with gloves.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Two common automobile tires were fitted to the motorcycle.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

Rossiter was in court to hear this landmark decision. Helped by a nurse,he arrived in a specially fitted wheelchair.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

"It was a very simple wooden table with a fitted bulb that would adjust based on the baby's temperature, and had it constructed and implemented in her hospital.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

"And so he then went back and worked on technology adaptation and designed very low-cost, small affordable solar panels with fitted bulbs, maybe one or two bulbs per household, made sure that the bulbs could be moved from room to room, depending where people wanted the light,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.18