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Definitions for Fringed
[1] a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
[2] anything resembling or suggesting this: a fringe of grass around a swimming pool.
[3] an outer edge; margin; periphery: on the fringe of the art world.
[4] something regarded as peripheral, marginal, secondary, or extreme in relation to something else: the lunatic fringe of a strong political party.
[5] Optics . one of the alternate light and dark bands produced by diffraction or interference.
[6] fringe benefit.
[7] to furnish with or as if with a fringe.
[8] to serve as a fringe for, or to be arranged around or along so as to suggest a fringe: armed guards fringing the building.
[9] an edging consisting of hanging threads, tassels, etc
[10] an outer edge; periphery (as modifier ) fringe dwellers ; a fringe area
[11] (modifier) unofficial; not conventional in form fringe theatre
[12] mainly British a section of the front hair cut short over the forehead
[13] an ornamental border or margin
[14] physics any of the light and dark or coloured bands produced by diffraction or interference of light
[15] to adorn or fit with a fringe or fringes
[16] to be a fringe for fur fringes the satin
Words related to Fringed
fringeornate
Words nearby Fringed
fringefrilled lizard, frilling, frilly, frimaire, friml, fringe, fringe area, fringe benefit, fringe tree, fringe-toed lizard, fringed gentian
Origin of Fringed
1325–75; Middle English frenge < Old French (French frange ) < Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathetic variant of Late Latin fimbria, Latin fimbriae fringe
Other words from Fringed
fringe·less , adjective
fringe·like , adjective
fring·y , adjective
un·der·fringe , noun
un·fringe , verb (used with object), un·fringed, un·fring·ing.
Word origin for Fringed
C14: from Old French frenge , ultimately from Latin fimbria fringe, border; see fimbria