Fringe and Outline

Fringe

Fringe verb - To serve as a border for.

Usage example: neat rows of red brick fringe the estate's flower beds

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Outline and fringe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outline" instead the word "Fringe" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: fringing, fringed

Outline verb - To draw or make apparent the outline of.

Usage example: she carefully outlined the tree before she started drawing in the leaves

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Fringe and outline are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fringe" instead the word "Outline" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: outlined, outlining

thick	thick fringe	thick outline
long	long fringe	long outline
similar	similar fringe	similar outline
real	real fringe	real outline
Other adjectives: blue, black, white, yellow, jagged, pink, purple.

Played straight in the Fringe episode "Of Human Action." A policeman falls to his death from the top of a multi-storey car park, and next time you see the ground, there is a chalk outline on it.

Source: Chalk Outline

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