noun 1.a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
2.conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., especially 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.
EXPAND7.Obsolete. act or process of making.
COLLAPSE
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.
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Refashion
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Idiom12.after/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; Middle English facioun shape, manner <
Anglo-French faço(
u)
n, façun, Old French faceon <
Latin factiōn- (stem of
factiō) a doing, company.
See faction Related formsfash·ion·less, adjective
an·ti·fash·ion, noun, adjective
mis·fash·ion, noun
mis·fash·ioned, adjective
pre·fash·ion, verb (used with object), noun
EXPANDpre·fash·ioned, adjective
re·fash·ion, verb (used with object)
trans·fash·ion, noun
un·fash·ioned, adjective
well-fash·ioned, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
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.