fashion - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fashion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fashion

[ n.]

- 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 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.
- Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.
- Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way.

2 . Fashion

[ v. t.]

- To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
- To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
- To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
- To forge or counterfeit.

Meaning of 'fashion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fashion

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- how something is done or how it happens

Example in sentence:

a lonely way of life;
her dignified manner;
his rapid manner of talking;
in an abrasive fashion;
in the characteristic New York style;
their nomadic mode of existence

2 . fashion

[ v]

Meaning (2):
- make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

Example in sentence:

She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks

Nearby Words:

fasces fascet fascia fasciae fascial fasciate fasciated fasciation fascicle fascicled

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Fashion
A fashion is a currently accepted or popular style in a given field. For example, the more formal “business attire” look of corporate dress of the 1980s and...

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