All fringe synonyms
fringe
F f noun fringe
- perimeter β the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- outskirts β Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- periphery β the external boundary of any surface or area.
- verge β the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
- hem β to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- skirt β the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- brink β If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.
- march β to touch at the border; border.
- borderline β The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- edging β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- binding β A binding promise, agreement, or decision must be obeyed or carried out.
- outside β the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- brim β The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
- ruffle β to beat (a drum) in this manner.
- flounce β to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
- margin β the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- tassel β a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- rickrack β a narrow, zigzag braid or ribbon used as a trimming on clothing, linens, etc.
- mane β the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- border β The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- trimming β the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trim β to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- extreme β Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
adjective fringe
- peripheral β pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- outlying β lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
- marginal β pertaining to a margin.
- far-flung β extending over a great distance.
- frontier β the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- unconventional β not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- radical β of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- extremist β A person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, esp. one who resorts to or advocates extreme action.
- alternative β If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.
verb fringe
- hem in β to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- rimming β the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- shut in β closed; fastened up: a shut door.
- line up β a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- braid β Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
- allineate β To align.
- fence in β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- join β to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- set off β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- close in β If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- rimmed β having a rim: Do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?
- enclave β A portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.
- furrowed β a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- girdled β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- flanking β the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- line β a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.