fringe

[ frinj ]

/ frɪndʒ /

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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.

fringe benefit.

verb (used with object), fringed, fring·ing.

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.

Origin of fringe

1325–75; Middle English frenge < Old French (French frange) < Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathetic variant of Late Latin fimbria, Latin fimbriae fringe

SYNONYMS FOR fringe

2 edge, border, skirt, rim.

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OTHER WORDS FROM fringe

fringe·less, adjective fringe·like, adjective fring·y, adjective un·der·fringe, noun

un·fringe, verb (used with object), un·fringed, un·fring·ing.

Words nearby fringe

frilled lizard, frilling, frilly, frimaire, friml, fringe, fringe area, fringe benefit, fringe tree, fringe-toed lizard, fringed gentian

Example sentences from the Web for fringes

It is more comforting to associate bigotry with certain attitudes supposedly on the fringes of public life.

Why Bigotry Persists |Stephen Eric Bronner |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Smith survived the night patrol, and met Tolkien again on the fringes of the Battle of the Somme that summer.

Why World War I Is at the Heart of ‘Lord of the Rings’ |John Garth |July 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This is a way to bring people in, as opposed to leaving them on the fringes of society.

How the Hiring Process Marginalizes Candidates on the Autism Spectrum |Joshua Rivera |May 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The practice is still “very much on the fringes,” says Sweeney.

The Secret World of Men Who Dress Like Dolls |Nina Strochlic |January 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Why recount these long-gone grievances from the fringes of the early 1960s?

Hating Kennedy |John Avlon |November 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Not only large substantial things like furniture, but curtains and the patterns of stuffs and the fringes of quilts and cushions.

Bliss, and Other Stories |Katherine Mansfield
Merely to point out the mixture of what is late and spurious in them, is to touch but the fringes of the matter.

Celtic Literature |Matthew Arnold
Less essential are the orphreys on the hem of the arms and the fringes along the slits at the sides and the lower hem.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 |Various
The former, however, were of scarlet, and the latter were rich in the fringes and bright colors of Indian ornaments.

The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish |James Fenimore Cooper
They were content with the fringes of the wilderness, leaving the rest to the mists, the wolves, and the lingering older race.

Dartmoor |Arthur L. Salmon

British Dictionary definitions for fringes

fringe

/ (frɪndʒ) /

noun

an edging consisting of hanging threads, tassels, etc

an outer edge; periphery
(as modifier)fringe dwellers; a fringe area

(modifier) unofficial; not conventional in form fringe theatre

mainly British 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 (tr)

to adorn or fit with a fringe or fringes

to be a fringe for fur fringes the satin

Derived forms of fringe

fringeless, adjective

Word Origin for fringe

C14: from Old French frenge, ultimately from Latin fimbria fringe, border; see fimbria

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fringe

noun

verb (used with object), fringed, fring·ing.

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noun

verb (tr)

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fringe

noun

verb (used with object), fringed, fring·ing.

Origin of fringe

SYNONYMS FOR fringe

OTHER WORDS FROM fringe

Words nearby fringe

Words related to fringes

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