Definitions for fringe
frɪndʒfringe

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. periphery, fringe, outer boundary(noun)

   the outside boundary or surface of something

2. outskirt, fringe(noun)

   a part of the city far removed from the center

   "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"

3. fringe, interference fringe(noun)

   one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light

4. fringe(noun)

   a social group holding marginal or extreme views

   "members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times"

5. bang, fringe(noun)

   a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

6. fringe(verb)

   an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels

7. fringe(verb)

   adorn with a fringe

   "The weaver fringed the scarf"

8. fringe(verb)

   decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe

   "fur fringed the hem of the dress"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fringe(Noun)

   A decorative border.

   the fringe of a picture

2. fringe(Noun)

   A marginal or peripheral part.

3. fringe(Noun)

   Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.

4. fringe(Noun)

   The periphery of a town or city.

   He lives in the fringe of London.

5. fringe(Noun)

   That part of the hair that hangs down above the eyes; bangs.

   Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes.

6. fringe(Noun)

   A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.

   Interference fringe.

7. fringe(Noun)

   Non-mainstream theatre.

   The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe

8. fringe(Verb)

   To decorate with fringe.

9. fringe(Verb)

   To serve as a fringe.

10. fringe(Adjective)

    Outside the mainstream.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fringe(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate.]

2. Fringe(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

   Etymology: [OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate.]

3. Fringe(noun)

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

   Etymology: [OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate.]

4. Fringe(noun)

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

   Etymology: [OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate.]

5. Fringe(verb)

   to adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe

   Etymology: [OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fringe

   A fringe, or bangs, is a shaped cutting of the front part of the hair so that it lies over the forehead. A classic fringe is cut fairly straight at or above the eyebrows, but they can also be ragged or ruffled, spiked up with hair gel, swept to one side or the other, or cut longer to fall over the eyes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fringe

   frinj, n. loose threads forming an ornamental border: anything like a fringe, even a girl's hair cut in front and falling over the brow: the extremity.—v.t. to adorn with fringe: to border.—adjs. Fringed; Fringe′less; Fring′ent, fringing.—n. Fringe′-tree, in the United States, a large shrub with very numerous snow-white flowers in panicled racemes.—adj. Fring′y, ornamented with fringes. [O. Fr. frenge—L. fimbria, threads, fibres, akin to fibra, a fibre.]

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fringe

   The outlying edge of a magnetic field.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fringe' in Nouns Frequency: #2619

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1. finger

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fringe in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fringe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of fringe in a Sentence

1. Hillary Clinton:

   The Democratic nominee’s taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over one of America’s two major political parties.

2. Ben Smith:

   A number of players there were given a chance to go out there and make a statement, perform and put their hands up for selection for Saturday, and probably a few questions were answered for us in terms of fringe players and where they're at.

3. Steve Bannon:

   Ethno-nationalism -- it's losers. It's a fringe element. I think the media plays it up too much, and we gotta help crush it, you know, uh, help crush it more. These guys are a collection of clowns.

4. Steven Taylor:

   We’ve not seen a lot of quality Democratic candidates for Senate because Sen. [Richard] Shelby and Sen. Sessions, they were so strongly ensconced in their positions that the Democratic nominee was most often a more fringe candidate and not taken very seriously, jones doesn’t fall in that category – he has a background as a prosecutor, he has linkage to Civil Rights prosecution for the bombers in Birmingham. This makes him a more serious and significant candidate.

5. Mary McCarthy:

   It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of fringe benefit, a mere convention, accepted obsolescence, the Beatnik model being turned in for the Hippie model, as though strangely obedient to capitalist laws of marketing.

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