Meaning of FASHION
| Pronunciation: | | 'fashun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | forge, manner, mode, style, way |
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| | 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 | |
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\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.
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