1
a(1)
: the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time
The spring fashions are now on display.
(2)
: a garment in such a style
always wears the latest fashions
b
: a prevailing custom, usage, or style
Literary fashions have changed in recent years.
c
: social standing or prominence especially as signalized by dress or conduct
men and women of fashion
2
a
: mode of action or operation
assembled in an orderly fashion
not even changing fashions in warfare have diminished the island's strategic importance—Franc Shor
b
: a distinctive or peculiar and often habitual manner or way
he will, after his sour fashion, tell you—William Shakespeare
fashioned; fashioning
ˈfa-shᵊn-iŋ
ˈfash-niŋ
; fashions
1
: to give shape or form to : to make, construct, or create (something) usually with careful attention or by the use of imagination and ingenuity
fashion a lamp from an old churn
a figure fashioned from clay
… delegating to the commander-in-chief the power to fashion the rules of the military justice system …—Fred Strasser
Up there in the mountains old ladies … are still hooking rugs … and fashioning dainty dolls out of corn shucks.—Richard Atcheson
2
: to design or devise for a particular use or purpose
… were the vessels fashioned for royalty distinguished from objects intended for nonroyal consumers?—Asian Art
3
obsolete
: contrive
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