Fringe - English meaning

verb

Make more beautiful or attractive.

Usage examples:

Pictures and prints adorned his walls

verb

To add something decorative to a person or thing

Usage examples:

The bride's hair was adorned with white flowers.

adjective

(of one or more things) available as another possibility or choice.

Usage examples:

The various alternative methods for resolving disputes

noun

One of two or more available possibilities.

Usage examples:

Audiobooks are an interesting alternative to reading

noun

Something that is different, esp. from what is usual; a choice

Usage examples:

You can make it look good by comparing it to a crummy alternative., i have no alternative but to as…

noun

The scope, extent, or bounds of something.

Usage examples:

A full discussion of this complex issue was beyond the ambit of one book

noun

The range or limits of the influence of something

Usage examples:

They believe that all the outstanding issues should fall within the ambit of the talks.

idiom

Radically new or original

noun

New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.

Usage examples:

He has been called a promoter of the avant-garde

adjective

Favouring or introducing new and experimental ideas and methods.

Usage examples:

A controversial avant-garde composer

verb

Tie or fasten (something) tightly together.

Usage examples:

They bound her hands and feet

noun

A problematical situation.

Usage examples:

He is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute

verb

To tie someone or something tightly, or to fasten things together

Usage examples:

The room was full of wooden boxes bound with twisted wire., fig. the club is home to a mix of peopl…

noun

A line separating two countries, administrative divisions, or other areas.

Usage examples:

Panama's western border with costa rica

verb

Form an edge along or beside (something).

Usage examples:

A pool bordered by palm trees

noun

The line that divides one country or place from another

Usage examples:

The rio grande forms part of the us border., the card has a pretty design around the border., [ t ]…

noun

A boundary separating two countries or areas.

Usage examples:

By drawing borderlines separating the yellow/red areas and surrounding blue areas, we obtained thre…

adjective

Only just acceptable in quality or as belonging to a category.

Usage examples:

References may be requested in borderline cases

adjective

Between two very different conditions, with the possibility of being unacceptable

Usage examples:

My blood pressure was borderline, and the doctor said i should lose weight.

noun

A line separating two countries, administrative divisions, or other areas.

Usage examples:

Panama's western border with costa rica

verb

Form an edge along or beside (something).

Usage examples:

A pool bordered by palm trees

noun

An area of southern scotland that was one of nine local government regions until 1996

Usage examples:

Book your tickets online for the top things to do in borders, scotland.

verb

Walk or run with leaping strides.

Usage examples:

Louis came bounding down the stairs

noun

A leaping movement towards or over something.

Usage examples:

I went up the steps in two effortless bounds

verb

Form the boundary of; enclose.

Usage examples:

The ground was bounded by a main road on one side and a meadow on the other

noun

A small stream, especially one that flows intermittently or seasonally.

Usage examples:

One of the many good touches in this book is its linguistic bent, as in the explanation of tilth an…

noun

A limit or boundary.

Usage examples:

In works such as these, the paint-splattered canvases, which suggest the wilder bourns of abstract …

noun

A limit or boundary (= edge)

Usage examples:

These matters are beyond the bourne of our understanding., she was about to depart for some unknown…

noun

Threads of silk, cotton, or other material woven into a decorative band for edging or trimming garments.

Usage examples:

A coat trimmed with gold braid

verb

Form (hair) into a braid or braids.

Usage examples:

When i was a kid, i loved braiding my hair

verb

To join three or more lengths of hair or other material by putting them over each other in a special pattern

Usage examples:

[ i/t ] my sister taught me how to braid (my hair)., andrea wears her hair in braids., gold braid

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it.

Usage examples:

The town was decorated with christmas lights

verb

To add something to an object or place, esp. to make it more attractive

Usage examples:

They decorated the table with flowers and candles., all four firefighters were decorated for bravery.

verb

To add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive

Usage examples:

Decorate something with something they decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers.

noun

The outside limit of an object, area, or surface.

Usage examples:

A willow tree at the water's edge

verb

Provide with a border or edge.

Usage examples:

The pool is edged with paving

verb

A line determining the limits of an area

noun

Something forming an edge or border.

Usage examples:

A chemise with lace edging

verb

Provide with a border or edge.

Usage examples:

The pool is edged with paving

noun

Something that is put around the outside of something, usually to decorate it

Usage examples:

A tablecloth with (a) dark edging

verb

Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.

Usage examples:

Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery

verb

To make something more beautiful by adding something to it

Usage examples:

Be embellished with the ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves.

verb

To add or change some details of a story, usually to make it more interesting or exciting

Usage examples:

He couldn't resist embellishing the story of his accident a little., i don't blame him for embellis…

adjective

(of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.

Usage examples:

An experimental drug

adjective

Using or based on new ideas

adjective

Using new methods, ideas, substances, etc. that have not been tried before, usually in order to find out what effect they have

Usage examples:

The changes to the distribution system are purely experimental at the moment., experimental drug so…

adjective

Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.

Usage examples:

Extreme cold

noun

Either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible.

Usage examples:

We represented opposite extremes of college society—he a member of the old guard, i one of the radi…

adjective

Very large in amount or degree

Usage examples:

Extreme pain/stupidity/wealth

noun

The furthest point or limit of something.

Usage examples:

The peninsula's western extremity

noun

The furthest point, especially from the centre

Usage examples:

The wood lies on the southern extremity of the estate., in such a situation, your heart pumps faste…

noun

The parts of the human body furthest from the heart, for example, the fingers, toes, and nose

Usage examples:

In such a situation, your heart pumps faster to prevent your extremities from freezing.

verb

Bring (a task or activity) to an end; complete.

Usage examples:

They were straining to finish the job

noun

An end or final part or stage of something.

Usage examples:

A bowl of raspberries was the perfect finish to the meal

verb

To come to an end

Usage examples:

[ i ] the meeting should finish at four o’clock., [ t ] if you’ll let me finish my sentence, i’ll e…

verb

Go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner.

Usage examples:

He stood up in a fury and flounced out

noun

An exaggerated action intended to express annoyance or impatience.

Usage examples:

She left the room with a flounce

noun

A wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress; a frill.

Usage examples:

Miss howitt's dress was in the height of fashion; blue silk spencer over a white round dress with s…

noun

A strip of gathered or pleated material sewn on to a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament.

Usage examples:

It was pink, with frills around the collar and bottom hem.

noun

A long, narrow strip of folded cloth that is sewn along the edge of a piece of clothing or material for decoration

Usage examples:

The frills on that car are nice, but except for air-conditioning, i don’t want them.

noun

A long, narrow strip of cloth with folds along one side that is sewn along the edge of a piece of clothing or material for decoration

Usage examples:

You could always sew a frill or two around the bottom of the skirt if you think it's too plain.

noun

The edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn.

Usage examples:

The hem of her dress

verb

Turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth).

Usage examples:

She began to hem a border

exclamation

Used in writing to indicate a sound made when coughing or clearing the throat to attract attention or to express hesitation.

Usage examples:

In truth i had slept about 3 hours and breakfast had been a pint of stella — ah hem.

adjective

(of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original.

Usage examples:

Innovative designs

adjective

(of ideas and methods) new and different

Usage examples:

Gwen introduced a number of innovative solutions.

adjective

Using new ideas or methods

Usage examples:

In recent years, the company has relied more on creative repackaging than on innovative design., in…

adjective

→  innovative

noun

The left part of the field in baseball

Usage examples:

The festival will showcase left-field acts that are not often seen in mainstream theatres.

noun

A point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.

Usage examples:

The failure showed the limits of british power

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Usage examples:

Try to limit the amount you drink

noun

The greatest amount, number, or level allowed or possible

Usage examples:

There’s a limit to her patience., two cups of coffee are my limit., spending limits were imposed by…

noun

A point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.

Usage examples:

The failure showed the limits of british power

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Usage examples:

Try to limit the amount you drink

phrase

Limit

Usage examples:

I'd like to play squash, but i'm 60 and i know my limits., his genius knows no limits., the pay ris…

verb

Walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread.

Usage examples:

Thousands marched behind the coffin

noun

An act or instance of marching.

Usage examples:

The relieving force was more than a day's march away

verb

(of a country, territory, or estate) have a common frontier with.

Usage examples:

His estate marches with yours

noun

Margarine.

Usage examples:

On the tables were fluffy white caraway seed bread and marge.

noun

A margin or edge.

noun

The edge or border of something.

Usage examples:

The eastern margin of the indian ocean

verb

Provide with an edge or border.

Usage examples:

The plant's leaves are margined with yellow

noun

The border of empty space around the written or printed text on a page

Usage examples:

She was in the habit of making notes in the margins of her textbooks., he was reelected by a wide m…

adjective

Not coinciding with the beat.

Usage examples:

A rapid tempo is essential here, otherwise we will not sense the offbeat hemiolas

noun

Any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar.

Usage examples:

The horns come in full-force on the offbeats

noun

A thing used or serving to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.

Usage examples:

Tables covered with ornaments and books

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items.

Usage examples:

A jewel to ornament your wife's lovely throat

noun

An object that is decorative rather than useful

Usage examples:

They spent decades collecting these colorful, victorian-era ornaments., climbing plants ornamented …

plural noun

The outer parts of a town or city.

Usage examples:

He built a new factory on the outskirts of birmingham

plural noun

(of cities and towns) the areas that form the edge

Usage examples:

The outskirts of town

noun

The areas that form the edge of a town or city

Usage examples:

The factory is in/on the outskirts of new delhi.

noun

The continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometrical figure.

Usage examples:

The perimeter of a rectangle

adjective

Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.

Usage examples:

The peripheral areas of europe

noun

A peripheral device.

Usage examples:

Printers and other peripherals

adjective

Not central or of main importance

Usage examples:

First of all, we had to find out who the thief was – getting the money back was a peripheral issue.

noun

The outer limits or edge of an area or object.

Usage examples:

New buildings on the periphery of the hospital site

noun

The outer edge of an area

Usage examples:

We’ve planted 50 small trees around the periphery of the property.

noun

An ornamental border, typically one inlaid on the back or belly of a violin.

verb

Decorate (something) with an ornamental border.

Usage examples:

One of their bestselling items is a clear plastic raincoat purfled with ribbon

adjective

(especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.

Usage examples:

A radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework

noun

A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social change, or a member of a political party or section of a party pursuing such aims.

Usage examples:

The party has not tried to disguise its new deregulatory approach, which is causing unease among pa…

adjective

Believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social, economic, or political change

Usage examples:

White’s political orientation was decidedly liberal, but hardly radical., during bad economic times…

noun

The upper or outer edge of an object, typically something circular or approximately circular.

Usage examples:

A china egg cup with a gold rim

verb

Form or act as an outer edge or rim for.

Usage examples:

A huge lake rimmed by glaciers

verb

Lick or suck the anus of (someone) as a means of sexual stimulation.

verb

Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.

Usage examples:

The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair

noun

A strip of lace or other material, gathered along one edge to make an ornamental frill on a garment or other piece of fabric.

Usage examples:

The garment is often trimmed with lace, ruffles, bows and ribbons, optionally with spaghetti straps.

verb

To make someone upset or nervous or reduce someone’s confidence

Usage examples:

[ t ] it ruffled her composure, and she did not know how to respond., a sudden, strong breeze ruffl…

noun

A garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs, worn by women and girls.

Usage examples:

After a swim, put on the wrap skirt over your bikini or swim suit, and go for a drink.

verb

Go round or past the edge of.

Usage examples:

He did not go through the city but skirted it

verb

A garment hanging from the waist

noun

A tuft of loosely hanging threads or cords knotted at one end and attached for decoration to soft furnishings, clothing, or other items.

Usage examples:

Damask curtains were held by silk cords with gold tassels

verb

Decorate with a tassel or tassels.

Usage examples:

The banner was tasselled with silk and golden cords

noun

A small piece of stone or wood supporting the end of a beam or joist.

Usage examples:

A piece of timber projecting out to carry weight was called a "tassel" or a "bragger."

noun

A tuft of loosely hanging threads or cords knotted at one end and attached for decoration to soft furnishings, clothing, or other items.

Usage examples:

Damask curtains were held by silk cords with gold tassels

verb

Decorate with a tassel or tassels.

Usage examples:

The banner was tasselled with silk and golden cords

noun

A small piece of stone or wood supporting the end of a beam or joist.

Usage examples:

A piece of timber projecting out to carry weight was called a "tassel" or a "bragger."

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Usage examples:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Usage examples:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim

noun

Small pieces trimmed off something.

Usage examples:

Hedge trimmings

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

(a piece of) decorative material added around the edge of something

Usage examples:

I want a plain black cardigan with no fancy trimmings., i wore my red jacket with the black trim., …

adjective

Not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.

Usage examples:

His unconventional approach to life

adjective

Not officially authorized or confirmed.

Usage examples:

Unofficial reports said that dozens of people were injured

adjective

Not connected with or coming from a recognized office or authority

Usage examples:

We think of him as the unofficial town historian., unemployment has been unofficially estimated at …

adjective

Not officially approved by a person in authority, the government, etc.

Usage examples:

Unofficial estimates/figures/targets profits were below unofficial estimates., unofficial data/repo…

adjective

Contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox.

Usage examples:

He frequently upset other scholars with his unorthodox views

adjective

(of behavior, ideas, or methods) different from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

He has an unorthodox teaching style.

adjective

Different from what is usual or expected in behaviour, ideas, methods, etc.

Usage examples:

Unorthodox approaches/methods/practices regulators began to scrutinize the company's unorthodox acc…