Tra từ fringe - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fringe [fringe fringes fringed fringing] noun, verb BrE [frɪndʒ] NAmE [frɪndʒ]
noun

1. countable, usually singular (BrE) (NAmE bangs plural)the front part of sb's hair that is cut so that it hangs over their ↑forehead
2. countable a strip of hanging threads attached to the edge of sth to decorate it
3. countable a narrow strip of trees, buildings, etc. along the edge of sth
•a fringe of woodland
•Along the coast, an industrial fringe had already developed.
4. countable (BrE)the outer edge of an area or a group
•on the northern fringe of the city
•the urban/rural fringe
•the fringes of society
•Nina remained on the fringe of the crowd.
5. singular (usually the fringe)groups of people, events and activities that are not part of the main group or activity
•Street musicians have been gathering as part of the festival fringe.
•fringe meetings at the party conference
see the lunatic fringe at ↑lunatic _adj.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French frenge, based on late Latin fimbria, earlier a plural noun meaning ‘fibres, shreds’.

Example Bank:
•Beyond this marginal fringe no agriculture is possible.
•He has always remained on the fringes of mainstream politics.
•He moved from fringe theatre to mainstream when he was chosen to play a leading role on Broadway.
•He moved from fringe theatre/theater to the West End.
•My fringe needs cutting.
•She has her hair pulled forward in a fringe.
•She kept brushing her fringe off her forehead.
•She stared at us from beneath her fringe.
•These people live on the fringes of society.
•They pitched their tents at the fringe of the open fields.
•new housing around the urban fringe
•the delinquent fringe of the Nationalist Party
•the forests along the eastern fringe of the Andes
•Nina remained a sad figure on the fringe of the crowd.
•The factories are located on the northern fringes of the city.
•They are a small group existing on the fringes of political life.
•West of the river there was a fringe of woodland along its bank.
Derived Word: ↑fringed

verb usually passive ~ sth
to form a border around sth
•The beach was fringed by coconut palms.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French frenge, based on late Latin fimbria, earlier a plural noun meaning ‘fibres, shreds’.

Example Bank:
•Her eyes were grey, fringed by long dark lashes.