fringe

«fringe» in Mova's judaism dictionary: hair cut short and straight across the forehead… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fringe, fringes); adjective (fringe, as in fringe ideas)

meaning for a pupil

1) A fringe is hair cut short and straight across the forehead; Americans call it bangs. tree →

2) A fringe is a border of loose threads on the edge of cloth, like on a scarf or rug. tree →

3) The fringe or fringes of a place or group is its outer edge. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The tassels (tzitzit) on the corners of a garment, with a blue thread. Interpretation: Jews wear fringed garments to remember and do all the commandments; tradition says the knots and strings add up to 613, and the blue thread recalls the sky and God's throne. In the primary lessons: In everyday life children get a fringe cut at the hairdresser's; scarves and cowboy jackets have fringes. In stories the fringe of a forest or town is its edge. Phrases: «cut a fringe», «on the fringe of», «fringe benefits», «a fringe festival».

examples

• 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes in the corners of their garments, and that they put with the fringe of each corner a thread of blue. (Torah NUM.15.38, JPS 1917) tree →
• My fringe is getting into my eyes. tree →
• Mum trimmed my fringe. tree →
• The scarf has a fringe on each end. tree →
• They camped on the fringe of the forest. tree →
• The rug had a long white fringe. tree →
• She grew out her fringe. tree →
• Houses spread out on the fringes of the town. tree →
• Not a tinkling of a metal fringe broke the silence. tree →

note

Countable. In the hair sense, British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English say «fringe»; American English says «bangs».

In the corpora

• Owl wing feathers have comb-like front edges, soft fringes and a velvety surface that muffle the sound of flying.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fringe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.