Definitions for: Fashion


[n] characteristic or habitual practice
[n] a manner of performance; "a manner of living"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a way of life"
[n] the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
[v] make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: forge, manner, mode, style, way

See Also: artistic style, craft, craze, cult, cult of personality, cut, fad, fit, form, furor, furore, haute couture, high fashion, high style, idiom, life style, lifestyle, life-style, line of least resistance, make, method, modus vivendi, path of least resistance, pattern, practice, property, rage, retro, setup, sew, signature, style, tailor, tailor-make, tie, touch, trend, vogue, wise

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat



Related Resources:
animlas that start with v
r letter animals
animals beginning with t