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fringe

/frɪn(d)ʒ/

noun
- 1. the border or outer edges of an area or group: "the southern fringes of the city"
- ▪ the unconventional, extreme, or marginal part of a group or sphere of activity: "the lunatic fringe of American political life"
- ▪ a secondary festival on the periphery of the Edinburgh Festival: "she became noted for her work on the Fringe"
- 2. a decorative border of hanging threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material: "the beaded fringe of her dress" Similar edgingedgeborderhemtrimmingfrillflounceruffletasselsarchaic:purfle
- 3. the front part of a person's hair cut so as to hang over the forehead: British "she smiled as she pushed her fringe back out of her eyes"
- ▪ a natural border or edging of hair or fibres in an animal or plant: "a long fringe of hair on the tail"
- 4. a band of contrasting brightness or darkness produced by diffraction or interference of light.
- ▪ a strip of false colour in an optical image.
- 5. short for fringe benefit North American
adjective
- 1. not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme: "fringe theatre"
verb
- 1. decorate (clothing or material) with a fringe: "a rich robe of gold, fringed with black velvet" Similar trimhemedgeborderrimbindbraidtasseldecorateadornornamentembellishfinisharchaic:purflerare:befringebefrill
- ▪ form a border along or around (something): "the sea is fringed by palm trees" Similar borderedgeboundskirtlinehemflankvergesurroundencloseencirclecircleencompassringcircumscribeliterary:girdgirdleengirdrare:compassenviron
- ▪ form a natural border or edging of hair or fibres on (part of an animal or plant): "each of the legs on its first six body segments were fringed with fine hairlike structures"
Word Origin Middle English (in fringe (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French frenge, based on late Latin fimbria, earlier a plural noun meaning ‘fibres, shreds’.
Derivatives
- 1. fringeless adjective
- 2. fringy adjective
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