fringe
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the outside boundary or surface of something
Types & categories
- bound hypernym
Related & opposite
- peripheral derivation
- fringy derivation
Sense 2 verb
adorn with a fringe
The weaver fringed the scarf
Types & categories
- ornament hypernym
Related & opposite
- fringe derivation
- handicraft domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a part of the city far removed from the center
they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
Types & categories
- city district hypernym
Parts & wholes
- suburbia part meronym
Sense 4 verb
decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe
fur fringed the hem of the dress
Types & categories
- border hypernym
Related & opposite
- fringe derivation
Sense 5 noun
one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light
Types & categories
- optical phenomenon hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a social group holding marginal or extreme views
members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times
Types & categories
- social group hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
Types & categories
- coif hypernym
Sense 8 noun
an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels
Types & categories
- edging hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peripheral |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fringy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fringe |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | handicraft |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ornament |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | suburbia |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | city district |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fringe |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | border |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | optical phenomenon |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | social group |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | coif |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | fringe |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | fringe |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | fringy |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | edging |