fash·ion–noun
1. a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
2. conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., esp. of polite society, or conformity to it: the dictates of fashion; to be out of fashion.
3. manner; way; mode: in a warlike fashion.
4. the make or form of anything: He liked the fashion of the simple, sturdy furniture.
5. a kind; sort: All fashions of people make up the world.
6. Obsolete. workmanship.
7. Obsolete. act or process of making. –verb (used with object)
8. to give a particular shape or form to; make: The cavemen fashioned tools from stones.
9. to accommodate; adjust; adapt: doctrines fashioned to the varying hour.
10. Shipbuilding. to bend (a plate) without preheating.
11. Obsolete. to contrive; manage.
—Idiom
12. after or in a fashion, in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way: He's an artist after a fashion.[Origin: 1250–1300; ME facioun shape, faço(u)n, façun, OF faceon faço(u)n, façun, OF faceon - (s. of factiō) a doing, company. See faction]—Related formsfash·ion·less, adjective
—Synonyms 1. mode; fad, rage, craze. Fashion, style, vogue imply popularity or widespread acceptance of manners, customs, dress, etc. Fashion is that which characterizes or distinguishes the habits, manners, dress, etc., of a period or group: the fashions of the 18th century. Style is sometimes the equivalent of fashion, but also denotes conformance to a prevalent standard: to be in style; a chair in the Queen Anne style. Vogue suggests the temporary popularity of certain fashions: this year's vogue in popular music. 4. shape, cut, pattern, figure. 8. frame, construct, mold. 9. suit, fit.
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