fringe

fringe
I UK [frɪndʒ] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "fringe":
singular fringe plural fringes
*
1) British short hair that hangs down over your forehead. The American word is bangs

My fringe needs cutting.

2) a row of fibres or thin pieces of cloth that hang down from a piece of cloth or clothing

a blue scarf with long black fringes

3) the outer edge of something

factories on the northern fringe of the city

4) people or activities that are considered strange or extreme

Their views belong to the wilder fringes of European politics.

on the fringe/fringes:

He has been forced to live on the fringes of society.

a) activities that are connected with a major public event but are not an official part of it

the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

He made a speech on the fringe of the Conservative Party Conference.

b) [only before noun] belonging to the fringe of a society, organization, or event

a small right-wing fringe group


II UK [frɪndʒ] / US verb [transitive, usually passive]
Word forms "fringe":
present tense I/you/we/they fringe he/she/it fringes present participle fringing past tense fringed past participle fringed
to form a line around the edge of something

The lake was fringed with willow trees.


English dictionary. 2014.

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