A fringe is hair which is cut so that it hangs over your forehead.

A fringe is a decoration attached to clothes, or other objects such as curtains, consisting of a row of hanging strips or threads.

To be on the fringe or the fringes of a place means to be on the outside edge of it, or to be in one of the parts that are farthest from its centre.

The fringe or the fringes of an activity or organization are its less important, least typical, or most extreme parts, rather than its main and central part.

Fringe groups or events are less important or popular than other related groups or events.