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| fringes | |
| 1. n. plural of fringe |  |
| fringe | |
| 1. n. A decorative border. | |
| the fringe of a picture | |
| 2. n. A marginal or peripheral part. | |
| 3. n. Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views. | |
| 4. n. The periphery of a town or city. | |
| He lives in the fringe of London. | |
| 5. n. That part of the hair that hangs down above the eyes; bangs. | |
| Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes. | |
| 6. n. (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light. | |
| interference fringe | |
| 7. n. Non-mainstream theatre. | |
| The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe | |
| 8. n. (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses. | |
| 9. n. (golf) The area around the green | |
| 10. adj. Outside the mainstream. | |
| 11. v. To decorate with fringe. | |
| 12. v. To serve as a fringe. | |
