fringed
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- adjective
- /frɪndʒd/
:
con flecos
- The dancer wore a stunning dress with a fringed hem that moved gracefully as she twirled.
- fringed leather
- fringed buckskin
- fringed vest
But now, tuned to his big turnip face, fringed peat Moss sprouts from his ears.
- But now, tuned to his big turnip face, fringed peat Moss sprouts from his ears.
Examples
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A fringed buckskin jacket like the one Red Ryder wore.
Fiction book (1997) -
They could see the stars through her fringed dress and the boulder through her jet-black hair.
Fiction book (1993) -
All he could see were her eyes, fringed, wide, and lovely.
Fiction book (2001) -
A fringed carriage drew through the crowd, opening a space in front of it that closed behind it.
Fiction book (1996) -
Both styles feature long dresses with a fringed shawl worn over the dancer's arm.
Academic text (2003) -
One had a cowgirl in a fringed skirt stenciled in blue paint on the door.
Fiction book (2001) -
A very young woman in a green fringed dress wove over to him, her cigarette making firefly tracks in the night air.
Fiction book (1997) -
Next door was the Western shop where Grim had a fringed, buckskin jacket on layaway.
Fiction book (1998) -
The torrent of red hair was tucked up under a fringed blue scarf that she'd tied around her head like a turban.
Fiction book (1997) -
Like the other maidens, she was now ceremonially dressed in a long, fringed skirt, with beads, bracelets, and flat slippers bound with colored ribbons, her hair in one thick braid.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
Having a fringe of short threads or hairs along the edge
Compounds
- Specialized
A small lizard with skin flaps on its sides, legs, and tail that let it glide short distances
- Specialized
A plant that grows in wet ground with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with fringed edges
- Specialized
A small flowering plant from eastern North America with pink-purple flowers and leaves like wintergreen
- Specialized
An orchid from the eastern United States with green, deeply fringed flowers that grows in wet meadows
A North American orchid with clusters of purple fringed flowers that grows in wet meadows and marshes
An orchid from the eastern United States with greenish flowers and a deeply cut lip
- Specialized
A rare wildflower with white, fringed petals that grows in prairies
- Specialized
A fragrant orchid that grows in wet prairie meadows with white fringed flowers
A plant with pure white, fringed flowers that grows in wet meadows and bogs
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fringed comes from the older word fringe, which meant the 'edge' or 'border' of cloth and was linked to a root that suggested 'to break' because the edge looked like it was 'broken' into threads. So, something fringed has a decorative 'edge' made of threads or tassels.