Fashion : (noun)
1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic
mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York
style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
[syn: manner, mode, style, way]
2: characteristic or habitual practice
3: the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics
and behavior
(verb)
1: make out of components (often in an improvising manner);
"She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
[syn: forge]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Fashion : \Fash"ion\, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F.
facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to
make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction.]
1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape,
appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the
fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar,
etc.; workmanship; execution.
The fashion of his countenance was altered. --Luke
ix. 29.
I do not like the fashion of your garments. --Shak.
2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom
or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior,
etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual
among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing,
ride, etc., in the fashion.
The innocent diversions in fashion. --Locke.
As now existing, fashion is a form of social
regulation analogous to constitutional government as
a form of political regulation. --H. Spencer.
3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position;
good breeding; as, men of fashion.
4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort;
way. ``After his sour fashion.'' --Shak.
After a fashion, to a certain extent; in a sort.
Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate
the transom, and define the shape of the stern.
Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing
style or a new style of dress.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fashion : \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Fashioning.] [Cf. F. faconner.]
1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay.
Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and
refine the age. --Cowper.
2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and
conditions of the people. --Spenser.
3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
--Locke.
4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak.
Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for
widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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