fringing

From the verb fringe: (⇒ conjugate)

fringing is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

fringe /frɪndʒ/   n., v., fringed, fring•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. Clothing, Furniture a decorative border of short threads, cords, or loops:
   fringe at the bottom edge of the curtain.
2. something resembling a fringe:
   a fringe of grass.
3. a marginal part:
   society's fringes.
4. a group with extremist views:
   a radical fringe.

v. [~ + object]

5. to furnish with or as if with a fringe.
6. to be arranged in a fringe:
   Guards fringed the building.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

fringe  (frinj), n., v., fringed, fring•ing. 
n. 

1. Clothing, Furniture 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. Business See fringe benefit. 

v.t. 

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.

• Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathetic variant of Late Latin fimbria, Latin fimbriae fringe
• Old French (French frange)
• Middle English frenge 1325–75

fringe′less, adj. 
fringe′like′, adj. 
fring′y, adj. 
Synonyms

• 2. edge, border, skirt, rim.

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fringe / frɪndʒ/ noun

1. an edging consisting of hanging threads, tassels, etc
2. an outer edge; periphery
3. (as modifier): fringe dwellers, a fringe area
4. (modifier) unofficial; not conventional in form: fringe theatre
5. a section of the front hair cut short over the forehead
6. an ornamental border or margin
7. any of the light and dark or coloured bands produced by diffraction or interference of light

verb (transitive)

1. to adorn or fit with a fringe or fringes
2. to be a fringe for

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French frenge, ultimately from Latin fimbria fringe, border; see fimbria

ˈfringeless adjective