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.
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.
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Idioms 12.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 forms fash·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
pre·fash·ioned, adjective
re·fash·ion, verb (used with object)
trans·fash·ion, noun
un·fash·ioned, adjective
well-fash·ioned, 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.