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frange — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bangs noun Bang's disease, a bacterial infection (brucellosis) that mainly affects cattle and can spread to humans.
  • fringe noun A decorative border of hanging threads or tassels.

Senses

frange is used for these senses in English:

  • bangs (chiefly, _, US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.
  • forelock The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
  • fringe (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
  • limbate (biology, paleontology) Having a distinct edge, especially one of a different colour; bordered.

fringe — full definition

  1. noun A decorative border of hanging threads or tassels.
  2. noun The edge or outer part of something, away from the main or central area.
  3. noun British English: hair that is cut to hang down over the forehead (American English: bangs).
  4. adj Outside the mainstream; unconventional or extreme.
  5. verb To form a border along the edge of something.

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