noun

• (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
  "Holonyms: clause, sentence; phrasing, phraseology, turn of phrase; phrase-book; document, message; language; communication"
• (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
• (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
  "Thou speak'st / In better phrase and matter than thou didst."
• (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

verb

• (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
  "I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising."
• (transitive, intransitive, music) To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.
• (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.