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The outside limit of an object, area, or surface
“They lived together on the fringe of the campus.”
An ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material
“It should also include a fringe of cutesy little pom-poms that I can dangle around my monitor.”
Frontal hair
The closely mown grass that surrounds a putting green, between the putting surface and any rough that might also surround the green
An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one
A strip of gathered or pleated material sewn on to a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament
Hairs collectively, especially those growing on a person's head
Any of the flat appendages growing from a bird's skin and forming its plumage, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs
A place for meeting and socializing with others
The outer, marginal, or extreme part of an area, group, or sphere of activity
“Coming from the fringe of the electoral area, this was a gutsy performance by the Newport man who has had to fend off many heavy tackles in both his football and journalistic careers over the years.”
Further from the middle
All around or nearby a particular place or thing
Furthest from a center
Minor and not important
To decorate with fringe
“Painted dragons hold up these canvasses, just as the carved silvered and tinted flying dragons support the blue silk satin window draperies, fringed with gold tassels.”
To provide with a border or edge
“The road out of Belfast took us through neat suburbs fringed with lawns and gardens.”
To adjoin or be adjacent to
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