Fringe

Adjective

 * 1) Outside the mainstream

Noun

 * 1) A decorative border.
 * 2) A marginal or peripheral part.
 * 3) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
 * 4) The periphery of a town or city.
 * 5)  That part of the hair that hangs down over the eyes (US bangs).
 * 6)  A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
 * Interference fringe.
 * 1) (The Fringe) non-mainstream theatre.

Synonyms

 * forelock, bangs

Derived terms

 * fringe benefit
 * fringy
 * lunatic fringe

Verb

 * 1)  To decorate with fringe.
 * 2)  To serve as a fringe.
 * 3) * 1922,,  Chapter 2
 * Purple bonnets fringed soft, pink, querulous faces on pillows in bath chairs.

Verbs for Fringe
adorn with—; bear—; border with—; deck with—; drape—; edge with—; finish with —; hang by—; knot—; ravel—; rip—; suspend—; swing—; toy with—; —beautifies; —dances; —dangles; —fascinates; —quivers.

Thesaurus
adjoin, apparent, bang, bangs, bank, beading, befringe, bind, binding, board, border, bordering, bordure, bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, brow, circumference, coast, cortex, cortical, covering, crust, decoration, define, edge, edging, enframe, envelope, epidermic, epidermis, exomorphic, exterior, external, extrinsic, facade, face, facet, featheredge, fetlock, fimbria, fimbriation, flange, fleck, flock, flounce, forelock, frame, frill, frilling, front, furbelow, galloon, hem, integument, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, ledge, limb, limbus, limits, line, lineaments, lip, list, march, marches, marge, margin, marginate, motif, open, ornament, out, outer, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outermost, outline, outlying, outmost, outside, outskirts, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, perimeter, peripheral, periphery, public, purfle, purl, quiff, ragged edge, rickrack, rim, rind, roundabout, ruche, ruff, ruffle, seeming, selvage, set off, shell, shore, side, sideline, skin, skirt, skirting, superficial, superficies, superstratum, surface, surround, top, trim, trimming, tuft, valance, verge, welt

Etymology
From, from frenge:, from  *frimbia, metathesis of  fimbriae: (plural). (Cognates include the German Franse: and the Danish frynse:.)

Adjective

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: Rand


 * Russian: маргинальный
 * Serbo-Croatian: marginalan, rubni
 * Spanish:, contracorriente

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: hapsu
 * French:
 * Italian: frangia


 * Russian: бахрома
 * Serbo-Croatian: resa, rojta, kićanka
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: reuna, reuna-alue
 * French:
 * Italian: periferia


 * Russian: переферия
 * Scottish Gaelic: iomall, oir
 * Serbo-Croatian: periferija


 * Dutch: radicalen
 * Finnish: siipi


 * French:
 * Spanish: extremista, radical


 * Dutch:, buitenwijken
 * Finnish: laitakaupunki
 * French:


 * Italian: periferia
 * Russian: переферия, южное бутово
 * Scottish Gaelic: iomall


 * Catalan: serrell
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: frangetta
 * Polish: grzywka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: чёлка
 * Serbo-Croatian: šiške
 * Spanish: flequillo, capul
 * cerquillo
 * chasquilla
 * china
 * fleco
 * pava
 * pava, fleco , flequillo
 * pollina


 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: kakül, perçem


 * Dutch:
 * French: (d'interférence)


 * Serbo-Croatian: difrakcioni red


 * Finnish: vaihtoehtoteatteri
 * French:,  d'


 * Scottish Gaelic: iomall

Verb

 * Dutch:, met franjes versieren, van franjes voorzien
 * Finnish: hapsuttaa


 * French:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ukrasiti resama, uresiti


 * Dutch: van franjes voorzien


 * Finnish: reunustaa

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