окаймлять — meaning in English

English meaning

• fringe noun A decorative border of hanging threads or tassels.
• gird verb To tie something round with a rope or cord.
• hem noun The folded and stitched edge of a piece of clothing or fabric, meant to stop it from fraying.

Senses

окаймлять is used for these senses in English:

• fringe (transitive) To serve as a fringe.
• gird (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
• hem (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.

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.

gird — full definition

1. verb To tie something round with a rope or cord.
2. verb To go all the way round something, as a belt does.
3. verb To make oneself ready for an action.
4. verb (of a boat towing another) To be dragged sideways by the tow rope, risking capsize.

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