Fringe

What do we mean by fringe?

A decorative border or edging of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band. noun

Something that resembles such a border or edging. noun

A marginal, peripheral, or secondary part. noun

Those members of a group or political party holding extreme views. noun

Any of the light or dark bands produced by the diffraction or interference of light. noun

A fringe benefit. noun

To decorate with or as if with a fringe. transitive verb

To serve as a fringe to. transitive verb

An ornamental bordering formed of short lengths of thread, whether loose or twisted, or of twisted cord more or less fine, variously arranged or combined, projecting from the edge of the material ornamented. noun

Something resembling a fringe; a broken border; any border or edging: as, a fringe of trees around a field, or of shrubs around a garden; a fringe of troops along a line of defense. noun

Specifically In botany, a border of slender processes or teeth; a fimbria. noun

In optics, one of the alternate light and dark bands produced by diffraction. See diffraction. noun

In zoology, a row of closely set, even hairs on a margin; specifically, in entomology, the edging of fine even hairs on the wing of a butterfly or moth. noun

In photography, a thickened edge of inferior sensitiveness on the pouring-off margin of a sensitized plate. noun

To decorate with a fringe or fringes, whether by raveling the edge, as of cloth, or by sewing on; border.

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like. noun

Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine. noun

One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe. noun

The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome. noun

To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe. transitive verb

Hair hanging over the forehead.

A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.

A science-fiction TV show starring Olivia Dunham-the kick ass detective, Walter Bishop- a science geek pulled out of an asylum by the FBI because he specializes in fringe science, and Peter Bishop- the hot son of Walter and Peter's daughter one of the best shows ever, filled with action ,adventure, and love. Urban Dictionary

The edge of something, often used to indicate the borderlines of a certain concept: in politics, the fringe is usually the rare bunch of extremists, or in general the outcast members of a group that are considered less than peccable members. Urban Dictionary

Goofy short bit of hair that comes down to your eyebrows. Also known as "bangs". The beatles started it apparently. One of them had a German girlfriend, and she cut their hair with a pudding bowl and the rest is history. Urban Dictionary

A person that is on the edge of sanity, usually from sleep deprivation, drug abuse, lack of exercise, or a general sense of social anxiety. This is normally a person you are always cautious about when bringing around industrious, socially pleasant, "normal" people. Urban Dictionary

A guy or girl that seems to have many parts of them in different stereotypes at once while still being themselves. Since they don't really fit into a particular stereotype he seems to be on the fringe of all of them, so people have a hard time putting them into one. Usually attractive(in order to fit in with almost anyone)and are pretty smart but don't apply themselves. Also listen to many different genres of music. Some people think they are rebels, posers, outsiders, weird, or whatever. But they don't give a shit who her friends are as long as they're cool & don't annoy the piss out of everybody. They hate the people who try too hard to be something and don't usually like to brag. Fringes can be really loud but also tend to be quiet. It all depends on who it is. Urban Dictionary

Long front part of a hairstyle. Scene people take too much care of their beloved fringes. So much so that it probably has it's own name, age and national insurance number. Urban Dictionary

The kook fringe, the extreme political Left, composed of liberals, environmental wackos, greens, commies, fringe-kook Anti-Americans and lefty journalists among others Urban Dictionary

Word to describe a fool. Urban Dictionary

F.R.I.N.G.- fresh, rad, incredible, new, grand... honestly all the good things in one word. Urban Dictionary

When an object has a crisp feeling that gives you goosebumps and/or makes you feel self-conscious when you feel it or are in contact with it. Pronounced Fringe-ly. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to fringe:
fringe, cringe, fridge, fring, fringy, frange, ringe, finge, frings, bringe, frige.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fringe:
perrier, brightly, hairs, festival, edinburgh, olivia, contender, cabaret, venues, comedy, theatre, benefits, coloured, brighton, venue, adelaide, pale, scales, theories, melbourne, edmonton, bills, mainstream, productions, larvae, perth, feed, grey, episode, nominated, adults, show, broadway, margin, premiere, award.

Words that rhyme with fringe:
cringe, hinge, binge, impinge, infringe, tinge, singe, twinge, syringe, whinge, minge, inge, dinge, unhinge, synge, winge, door hinge, klinge, hypodermic syringe, vinje, strap hinge, t hinge, butt hinge, tee hinge.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fringe:
urban, lunatic, outer, northern, western, southern, long, eastern, narrow, coastal, white, dark, celtic, thick, black, bright, radical, deep, gold, central, competitive, red, suburban, thin, heavy, golden, green, rural, short, marginal, mere, very, broad, yellow, extreme, ragged, metropolitan, capillary, dense, wide, blue, delicate, subliminal, fine, beaded, upper, outermost, silver, silken, rich, straight, littoral, purple, light, like, slight, extremist, coloured, continuous, sublittoral, mangrove, lateral, brown, atlantic, colored, inner, tiny, far, soft, pale, gray, scarlet, irregular, synovial, distant, wing, decorative, hairy, order, knotted, ornamental, northeastern, peripheral, northwestern.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fringe:
benefits, pattern, benefit, groups, tree, dwellers, theatre, areas, visibility, analysis, medicine, spacing, area, science, land, consciousness, group, localization, formation, belt, development, field, members, order, tracking, costs, image, contrast, community, party, shift, theater, period, elements, technique, dweller, status, activity, projection, parties, patterns, method, minority, counting, movements, parking, religion, multiplication, displacement, movement, camp, tax, programs, element, plans, camps, makers, maker, intensity, market, literature, activities, images, brown, banking, lots, separation, payments, facts, interpretation, territory, expansion, vegetation, packages, fins, players, yellow, communities, competition, spot, motion, belts, organizations, meeting, residents, black, moss, cult, width.

Words that sound like fringe:
fringe, frange, french, fridge, frige, frin, finge, fringed, franch, fringer, fringy, phryne, franche, orange, oranje, fron, fren, foreknow, funge, phren, freno, phren-, frown, fran, finch, franny, frim, farina, frane, frannie, frein, frain, fring, frowny, frint, frisch, furring, frayne, freeney, fruge, frage, fritch, frean, fraine, franey, fritsch, frayn, franjo, fritsche, farine, frana, frege, fritzsche, firring, frowney, frena, frische, ferencz, cringe, syringe, friend, friends, from, fresh, front, frenchy, frenchie, frum, firenze, frenz, frunze, frem, frush, ferenc, fresch, foreknew, frenched, frenchs, fronte, frig, frigg, fin, fern, ferny, farage, fidge, fernie, ferno, fermin, fearn, ferrin, farin, ferne, ffin, afrin, farang, farinha, fermina, ferney, fingir.