Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Phrase \Phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phrased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Phrasing}.] [Cf. F. phraser.]
   To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
   ``These suns -- for so they phrase 'em.'' --Shak.

Phrase \Phrase\, v. i.
   1. To use proper or fine phrases. [R.]

   2. (Mus.) To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well.
      See {Phrase}, n., 4.

Phrase \Phrase\, n. [F., fr. L. phrasis diction, phraseology,
   Gr. ?, fr. ? to speak.]
   1. A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually
      two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or
      being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.

            ``Convey'' the wise it call. ``Steal!'' foh! a fico
            for the phrase.                       --Shak.

   2. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often
      employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to
      err is human.

   3. A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any
      one expreses himself; diction; expression. ``Phrases of
      the hearth.'' --Tennyson.

            Thou speak'st In better phrase and matter than thou
            didst.                                --Shak.

   4. (Mus.) A short clause or portion of a period.

   Note: A composition consists first of sentences, or periods;
         these are subdivided into sections, and these into
         phrases.

   {Phrase book}, a book of idiomatic phrases. --J. S. Blackie.

Source : WordNet®

phrase
     n 1: an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a
          sentence but not containing a finite verb
     2: a short musical passage [syn: {musical phrase}]
     3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the
        meanings of the words that make it up [syn: {idiom}, {idiomatic
        expression}, {phrasal idiom}, {set phrase}]

phrase
     v : put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns
         to the board of trustees" [syn: {give voice}, {formulate},
          {word}, {articulate}]