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Hair hanging over the forehead.
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A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
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Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
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A decorative border.
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the fringe of a picture
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A marginal or peripheral part.
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Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
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The periphery of a town or city.
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He lives in the fringe of London.
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A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
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interference fringe
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Non-mainstream theatre.
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The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe
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The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
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The area around the green
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Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
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A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
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To decorate with fringe.
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To serve as a fringe.
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Outside the mainstream.
Examples of fringe in a Sentence
Most of the swamp fringe is reclaimable.
Small islands, inhabited by a fishing population, fringe the west coast.
The Mesozoic begins with a Triassic land period in the mainland of Australia; while the islands of the Australasian festoon contain the Triassic marine limestones, which fringe the whole of the Pacific. The Triassic beds are best known in New South Wales, where round Sydney they include a series of sandstones and shales.
One of the two jailed culprits was a fringe member of the rapper's entourage.
Bleached populations occurred predominantly at the sublittoral fringe, pale plants further up the shore occurred quite frequently in the normal course of events.
You can also use fringe from the fabric store.
Embellishments on furniture could include tassels or beaded fringe.
She also co-produced the play, Red Herring, which will be a part of the 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival in August 2007.
Women sporting an indie cut may choose to soften the look with wispier fringe.
Cropped styles are usually only an inch or two in length with most of the hair being the same length, but they can be personalized with a longer fringe around the face or left a little longer in the back to add softness to your hairline.
As far as city breaks go, this little laddie 's got the lot, including even its own Fringe Festival.
There is also the chance to have double deck workings but terminating on the eastern fringe of the Beeches.
The narrow fringe of hair encircling his head was completely gray, and his eyes were a washed-out blue.
Too often marriage turns into an efficient partnership with fringe benefits after several years have passed.
Fringe - A little bit fussy, fringe in styles such as loop or bullion are popular in highly decorated rooms.
Extra details like tassels, fringe, or flanges cannot often be found on outdoor cushions.
Then the piece is finished with upholstery material like fabric, leather, trim, and fringe.
Accents of lace, tassels, and fringe complete the Victorian look.
When choosing styles for their decorative appeal, remember that you can always choose a good, basic color and add decorative fringe or other elements yourself.
Don't use any embellishments like tassels or fringe.
These rich, earthy colors are inspired by natural elements, such as animal prints and skins, accents in fringe, bone and feather, ethnic patterns and tribal influences.
Oval area rugs, just like other rug shapes, come either with or without fringe.
Avoid going over the fringe area on the ends of the rug with the vacuum as it may catch and pull the fringe, which could damage it.
A flapper dress usually involves a lot of beading and sequins and a hefty dose of fringe.
This kind of towel usually has a fabric pattern used as border hem along with rope twist fringe or tassels.
Rope fringe and other kinds of trim are usually sewn for edging.
These cozy blankets feature an all-over textured weave and fringe hem.
Cowry shells and brass beads ornament and give weight to the fringe.
The petals of the laciniated section are very deeply cut into a fine fringe.
Fringe Tree (Chionanthus) - A beautiful, small, hardy tree of the Olive family, well grown in this country in sandy loam; in early summer it bears long clusters of white flowers, with petals long and narrow like a fringe.
H. ciliaris has bright orange-yellow flowers with a conspicuous fringe, which appear from July to September.
I have often seen it thriving where the air was pure and the soil suitable; and it is excellent for a moist rock garden, growing rapidly, and forming a charming fringe to groups of small alpine shrubs, on cool parts of the rock garden.
The hardier varieties are admirable for artistic gardening, their fine forms being very effective when tastefully grouped on the fringe of beds of choice bushes and when touching and seeming to spring out of the grass.
Styles varied from the plain cravat to those edged with lace or fringe.
Some of the styles they have featured in the past were made of glittering, delicate cloth, crochet, or rich fringe and were designed to be worn as outerwear, accessory pieces, or glitzy evening wear.
Belly dancing skirts are typically sheer and colorful and decorated with beads, coins, and fringe.
You can get a bandeau tube top and matching micro mini skirt with fringe trim.
Many styles are playfully adorned with fringe or other elements to add some intrigue to the look.
The vest has fringe and three sparkly blue lone stars down each side.
The bodice of a western dress is often decorated with embroidery, beading and sometimes fringe.
One piece of fringe is cut from the shawl, which is done to make it ineffective.
Think about that fringe that is often left on even very bald men.
According to Bernstein Medical Center for Hair Restoration, transplanted hair from that fringe isn't likely to fall out, even when placed in a previously bald spot, because that hair is not affected by the hormones that cause hair loss.
Fringe, chunks, and pieces of hair are often strategically pieces, places, or texturized to achieve the desired look.
If you want bangs, you'll need to decide if you want a blunt cut, side swept bangs, or just a long fringe.
It's important to note that this is a high maintenance look; regular fringe trims are necessary every month or so.
Show this look off by adding a hint of shine serum and flat ironing the fringe to smooth it out.
Style your bangs or face-framing fringe as you wish.
Fringe isn't just for cowboys and flappers.
You would be forgiven for thinking a fringe play about a World War II bomber crew would have a fairly eclectic take on events.