fringe
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.
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
1Other words for fringe
Other words from fringe
- fringeless, adjective
- fringelike, adjective
- fringy, adjective
- un·der·fringe, noun
- un·fringe, verb (used with object), un·fringed, un·fring·ing.
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How to use fringe in a sentence
It’s moving forward with a set of laws that would protect a person’s ability to work from home when possible, turning what was once a fringe benefit into a personal right.
Germany is drafting a law to protect your right to work from home—and still have a life | Lila MacLellan | October 7, 2020 | QuartzFacebook announced on Tuesday it would ban all accounts, pages and groups representing the fringe conspiracy theory QAnon from its platforms.
If it’s placed somewhere else, a fringe site or a publication, then it can exist.
Why security experts are braced for the next election hack-and-leak | Bobbie Johnson | September 29, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewNearly two blocks later, on the fringe of the clinic campus, Ramos saw police lights in her rearview mirror and pulled over.
The Startling Reach and Disparate Impact of Cleveland Clinic’s Private Police Force | by David Armstrong | September 28, 2020 | ProPublicaSocial-networking platforms should also change their metrics and design their algorithms to stop rewarding the spread of fringe content and to flag what is clearly false.
Brazil’s “fake news” bill won’t solve its misinformation problem | Amy Nordrum | September 10, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
It has faded from pixelated gray to rusted ochre, fringed on the edges with black sweat grease.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe guest wore the same distinctive fringed Missoni coat—from 2010—that Kate has worn on numerous occasions.
Ultimate Fashion Embarrassment As Wedding Guest Wears Same Outfit as Kate | Tom Sykes | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe collection includes leather pants, fringed boots, silk t-shirts, and wool blazers.
Isabel Marant Lands at H&M; Burberry Breaks $1 Billion | The Fashion Beast Team | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe coast of Spain inspired some summery sentiments in Wang: hot pants and fabulous vinyl, fringed sandals and hats.
This makes you quite the culture vulture, wanting to expose yourself to artistic, culinary and socially fringed experiences.
Ibrahim was standing there, peeping out whimsically from his fringed and tasselled wrappings, and smoking a cigarette.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensThe banks of the river are flat, and fringed with underwood and young trees; the background is formed by ranges of hills.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe coast is fringed with an uninterrupted line of breakers.
According to Peron, the animals of this coral are furnished with green-fringed tentacula.
He was then attired picturesquely in a fringed deerskin jacket dressed by some of the Blackfeet across the Rockies.
The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for fringe
/ (frɪndʒ) /
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
to adorn or fit with a fringe or fringes
to be a fringe for: fur fringes the satin
Origin of fringe
1Derived forms of fringe
- fringeless, adjective
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