Sekirov Dictionary

fashion

/ˈfæʃ.ən/

noun 5
verb 4
forms 6
phrases 1

noun5

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the clothes and styles that are popular at a given time, and the business that makes and sells them
- Check out the latest in fashion.
- He had always been interested in fashion, so he decided to take a sewing class.
A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
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A style or manner in which something is done.
- the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.
•
The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
- I do not like the fashion of your garments. — 1603
(old-fashioned) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding.

verb4

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To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way.
- I have three gourds which I fill with water and take back to my cave against the long nights. I have fashioned a spear and a bow and arrow, that I may conserve my ammunition, which is running low. — 1918
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(old-fashioned) To make in a standard manner; to work.
- Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. — 1691
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(old-fashioned) To fit, adapt, or accommodate to.
- Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people. — 1596
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(no longer used) To forge or counterfeit.
- Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; All with me's meet that I can fashion feet. — 1603

forms

fashion'd · fashioned · fashioning · fashioneth · fashions · fashionest

Phrases with fashion

slave to fashion
A person who is particularly concerned that their clothing and physical appearance conforms to the current, accepted style.

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