Collocations for fringe - noun
1. (BrE) hair
→ See also bangs
VERB + fringe
grow out
cut, trim
My fringe needs cutting.
cut, trim
My fringe needs cutting.
push
She kept pushing her fringe off her forehead.
She kept pushing her fringe off her forehead.
PREPOSITION
from beneath your fringe,
from under your fringe
She stared at us from beneath her fringe.
She stared at us from beneath her fringe.
2. (esp. BrE) outer edge of a place, group, society, etc.
ADJECTIVE
outer
radical
eastern, western, etc.
coastal, urban
lunatic (BrE)
the lunatic fringe of the nationalist parties
radical
eastern, western, etc.
coastal, urban
lunatic (BrE)
the lunatic fringe of the nationalist parties
fringe + NOUN
area
group
meeting
theatre/theater, venue
He moved from fringe theatre/theater to the West End.
group
meeting
theatre/theater, venue
He moved from fringe theatre/theater to the West End.
PREPOSITION
along the fringe
the forests along the eastern fringe of the Andes
the forests along the eastern fringe of the Andes
around the fringe
new housing around the urban fringe
new housing around the urban fringe
beyond the fringe
Beyond this fringe no agriculture is possible.
Beyond this fringe no agriculture is possible.
on the fringe,
on the fringes
These people live on the fringes of society.
These people live on the fringes of society.