fringe
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3.1
- noun
- /frɪndʒ/
- UK
:
flequillo
- With her new haircut, her fringe beautifully framed her face.
- long fringe
You can keep these bits in, or you can tie your fringe back.
- You can keep these bits in, or you can tie your fringe back.
- Like you look nice of a little side fringe.
- OK, so I've straightened all my hair and then I'm going to curl my fringe with my soft curl Dong.
- You know who needs a fringe when you've just got brow Is that does that look good?
- First thing I'm going to do is pin back my crazy wild most annoying fringe.
- And then my fringe I do a little differently because I want it to have a bit of a kick to it.
- Again, the fringe very long, but you know, if I kind of like, no, no, no, let's not do that.
- It is as though there were two faces, one imposed upon the other, looking out from beneath the pale bald scout surrounded by fringe of Gray hair.
- Guys, I'm in Birmingham and I've got fucking fringe.
Examples
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I was very nervous and had a long fringe that I hid behind.
Academic text (2009) -
Hamilton Reedy was a stout man, with a fringe of gray, fraying hair, and serious eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
- No, I just put my fringe in front.
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- Oh, I love your fringe in front.
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Well, I had a fringe back then.
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You can keep these bits in, or you can tie your fringe back.
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His head was bald and red, with only a fringe of hair where the crown sat.
Fiction book (1994) -
Her hair was cut close to the scalp, except for a fringe in front.
Fiction book (1993) -
I actually have a clip in fringe which you can't see.
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The boy, Brad, who had worried Roberta with his slow smile and thick fringe of hair, hadn't done anything wrong.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
42
3.4
Short hair at the front that hangs over the forehead
5
3.0
Hair at the front cut straight across the forehead
1
7.2
A small piece of hair that falls over the forehead
Hair at the front of the head styled to stick out from the forehead
Compounds
7
3.5
An extra thing an employer gives you besides pay, like health insurance or a car
- Offensive
4
8.8
People with very extreme political or social views who are outside the main group
- US
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that has many white flowers
A small religious group with unusual beliefs and practices outside larger churches
- US
A plant that lives many years in low leaf clumps with pale pink or cream fringed flowers in clusters
- Specialized
A small desert lizard with long pointed scales on its toes that help it run on sand
- Specialized
Bands of light and dark that appear when light waves meet and mix
How Bold
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fringe comes from an old French word frange meaning 'border' or 'tuft'. So a hair fringe is like a small 'border' of hair that hangs across the forehead.