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Fringe

frɪn(d)ʒ

Fringe definitions
noun
fringe fringes
  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"

  3. the front part of a person's hair cut so as to hang over the forehead

    "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
adjective
fringe
  1. not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme

    "fringe theatre"

verb
fringes fringing fringed fringe
  1. decorate (clothing or material) with a fringe

    "a rich robe of gold, fringed with black velvet"

    • form a border along or around (something)

      "the sea is fringed by palm trees"

    • 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"