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Fashion

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Noun

1. fashion, manner, mode, style, way

how something is done or how it happens

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

2. fashion

characteristic or habitual practice

3. fashion

the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

4. fashion

consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode

Verb

5. fashion, forge

make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

Example Sentences:
'She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fashion

see synonyms of fashion
noun
1. 
a. 
style in clothes, cosmetics, behaviour, etc, esp the latest or most admired style
b. 
(as modifier)
a fashion magazine
2. (modifier)
(esp of accessories) designed to be in the current fashion, but not necessarily to last
3. 
a. 
manner of performance; mode; way
in a striking fashion
b. 
(in combination)
crab-fashion
4. 
a way of life that revolves around the activities, dress, interests, etc, that are most fashionable
5. 
shape, appearance, or form
6. 
sort; kind; type
7.  after a fashion
8.  after the fashion of
9.  of fashion
verb (transitive)
10. 
to give a particular form to
11. 
to make suitable or fitting
12. obsolete
to contrive; manage

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fashion

see synonyms of fashion
noun
1. 
the make, form, or shape of a thing
2.  Rare
kind; sort
3. 
the way in which something is made or done; manner
4. 
the current style or mode of dress, speech, conduct, etc.
5. 
something, esp. a garment, in the current style
6. 
fashionable people as a group
a man of fashion
verb transitive
7. 
to make in a certain way; give a certain form to; shape; mold
8. 
to fit; accommodate (to)
music fashioned to our taste
9.  Obsolete
to think up; contrive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fashion

see synonyms of fashion
n.
1. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior: out of fashion.
2. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode: a swimsuit that is the latest fashion.
3.
a. Manner or mode; way: Set the table in this fashion. See Synonyms at method.
b. A personal, often idiosyncratic manner: played the violin in his own curious fashion.
4. Kind or variety; sort: people of all fashions.
5. Shape or form; configuration: a garden triangular in fashion.
tr.v. fash·ioned, fash·ion·ing, fash·ions
1. To give shape or form to; make: fashioned a table from a redwood burl.
2. To train or influence into a particular state or character: The teacher fashions her students into fine singers.
3. Archaic To adapt, as to a purpose or an occasion.
4. Obsolete To contrive.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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