frame

assemble, build, construct, erect, make up, put up, raise, rear, set up, structure, throw up

craft, handcraft

hew

forge, mold, shape

cobble (together or up), knock out, patch (together), throw up

prefabricate

create, invent, mint, originate

establish, father, institute, organize

concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up)

conceive, envisage, picture, visualize

refashion, remake, remanufacture

arrange, concert, conclude, hammer out, work out

angle (for), compass, intrigue, plot, scheme

connive

brew, concoct, cook (up), hatch

captain, command, conduct, direct, handle, manage, quarterback, run

gerrymander

fabricate, fashion, form, mold, sculpture, shape

couch, express, phrase, state, verbalize, word

author, indite, pen, write

conceive, concoct, devise

build, construct, make

assemble, compound, piece (together)

redraft, reformulate, reframe

conspire, contrive, devise, intrigue, machinate, plot, put up

concert, get up

draft, outline, sketch

aim, figure, have on, intend, mean

contemplate, meditate, premeditate

hem, trim

circumscribe, define, delineate, demarcate, outline, silhouette, sketch, trace

circle, compass, encircle, enclose (also inclose), environ, girdle, girth, loop, ring, round, surround, wall

check, confine, control, curb, limit, restrain, restrict

cage, lattice, network

contour, figure, outline, profile, shape, silhouette

chassis

anatomy, structure

ambit

brink, crest, curb, cusp, lip

ceiling, maximum

demarcation, extent, limitation, measure, mere, restriction, termination

borderland, frontier, march, outskirts, pale, selvage

lap

shore