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fringe
[ frinj ]
noun
- a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- anything resembling or suggesting this:
a fringe of grass around a swimming pool.
- an outer edge; margin; periphery:
on the fringe of the art world.
- something regarded as peripheral, marginal, secondary, or extreme in relation to something else:
the lunatic fringe of a strong political party.
- Optics. one of the alternate light and dark bands produced by diffraction or interference.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with or as if with a fringe.
- to serve as a fringe for, or to be arranged around or along so as to suggest a fringe:
armed guards fringing the building.
fringe
/ frɪndʒ /
noun
- an edging consisting of hanging threads, tassels, etc
- an outer edge; periphery
- ( as modifier )
a fringe area
fringe dwellers
- modifier unofficial; not conventional in form
fringe theatre
- a section of the front hair cut short over the forehead
- an ornamental border or margin
- physics any of the light and dark or coloured bands produced by diffraction or interference of light
verb
- to adorn or fit with a fringe or fringes
- to be a fringe for
fur fringes the satin
Derived Forms
- ˈfringeless, adjective
Other Words From
- fringeless adjective
- fringelike adjective
- fringy adjective
- under·fringe noun
- un·fringe verb (used with object) unfringed unfringing
Word History and Origins
Origin of fringe1
Word History and Origins
Origin of fringe1
Example Sentences
The Five Percent Nation of Islam was there as well as fringe Stalinist groups.
GALLERY: 'JUSTICE FOR ALL' MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC There were plenty of representatives of the fringe too.
Indeed, the chatter for the past year on the anti-gay fringe has been of resistance.
Indeed, Wolf's journey to the crackpot fringe was completed a long time ago.
Unlike Cosby, who had only a fringe of gray hair left, he still sported a silver mane.
These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia.
The crowd disposed itself on the fringe of the sward, and the duellists went forward, and set about the preparations.
The walls were covered with silk and velvet hangings, ornamented with gold fringe, while rich carpets were spread underfoot.
The late Caleb Whitefoord, seeing a lady knotting fringe for a petticoat, asked her, what she was doing?
He was not a man to dodge trouble that might bring profit dangling to the fringe of her skirt.
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