fringe
[noun]
Synonyms:
- border, edging, hem, trimming
- edge, borderline, limits, margin, outskirts, perimeter, periphery
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- unofficial, unconventional, unorthodox

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Fringe, the
the theatre productions in the Edinburgh Festival which are not part of the official programme:
a Fringe production
a comedian who was a great success at the Fringe

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

I. fringe¹ /frɪndʒ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin fimbria 'threads']

1. British English if you have a fringe, your hair is cut so that it hangs down over your forehead Synonym : bangs American English:
a tall girl with straight brown hair and a fringe

2. a decorative edge of hanging threads on a curtain, piece of clothing etc

3. on the fringes (of something)
a) not completely belonging to or accepted by a group of people who share the same job, activities etc:
a small group on the fringes of the art world
b) (also on the fringe) at the part of something that is farthest from the centre Synonym : on the edge of something:
Nina remained on the fringe of the crowd.
⇒ the lunatic fringe at lunatic(3)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. fringe² adjective [only before noun]
fringe group/event/issue etc a group, event etc that is less important or popular than the main group etc, or whose opinions are not accepted by most other people involved in the same activity Antonym : mainstream:
He used a party conference fringe meeting to defend terrorism.
The environment is no longer a fringe issue.
a fringe religious sect

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

III. fringe³ verb [transitive]
to be around the edge of something:
A line of trees fringed the pool.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

fringe
noun
I. hair
ADJ. heavy, thick | light, wispy
VERB + FRINGE grow | cut, trim My fringe needs trimming.
brush, push She kept brushing her fringe off her forehead.
PREP. from beneath/under your ~ She stared at us from beneath her fringe.
in a ~ She has her hair pulled forward in a fringe.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

fringe
II. outer edge of a place/group/society, etc.
ADJ. outer | marginal | eastern, western, etc. | coastal, urban | delinquent, lunatic the delinquent fringe of the Nationalist Party
VERB + FRINGE keep to, remain on, stand on He has always remained on the fringes of mainstream politics.
FRINGE + NOUN area | group | meeting | theatre, venue He moved from fringe theatre to mainstream when he was chosen to play a leading role on Broadway.
PREP. along the ~ the forests along the eastern fringe of the Andes
around the ~ new housing around the urban fringe
at the ~ They pitched their tents at the fringe of the open fields.
beyond the ~ Beyond this marginal fringe no agriculture is possible.
on the ~(s) These people live on the fringes of society.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲