fringed

4 definitions found

fringed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fringe \Fringe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fringed (fr[i^]njd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Fringing.]
     To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
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           Precipices fringed with grass.           -- Bryant.
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     Fringing reef. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
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  Fringed \Fringed\, a.
     Furnished with a fringe.
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     Fringed lear (Bot.), a leaf edged with soft parallel hairs.
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  decorated \decorated\ adj.
     having decorations. [Narrower terms: beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly
         ; bedaubed; bespectacled, monocled, spectacled
     ; braided; brocaded, embossed, raised
     ; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne, enameled
     ; crested, plumed having a decorative plume);
     crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested;
     embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled, ringed, wreathed
     ; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out
     ; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly, ruffled
     ; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid;
     inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled, wainscoted
     ; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled;
     tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out]
     Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
  
     Syn: adorned.
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fringed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fringed
      adj 1: surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in
             combination; "a large suburban community...fringed by an
             industrial area"; "a grass-fringed stream"
      2: having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips
      3: having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate
         leaf" [syn: fringed, laciniate]