*definition |ˌdefəˈniSHən| fashion |ˈfaSHən| noun 1 a popular trend, esp. in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior: his hair is cut in the latest fashion. • the production and marketing of new styles of goods, esp. clothing and cosmetics: [ as modifier ] : a fashion magazine. 2 a manner of doing something: the work is done in a rather casual fashion. verb [ with obj. ] (often be fashioned) make into a particular or the required form: the bottles were fashioned from green glass. • (fashion something into) use materials to make into: the skins were fashioned into boots and shoes. PHRASES after a fashion to a certain extent but imperfectly or unsatisfactorily: he could read after a fashion. after (or in) the fashion of in a manner similar to: she took servants for granted after the fashion of wealthy and pampered girls. in (or out of) fashion popular (or unpopular) and considered (or not considered) to be attractive at the time in question. DERIVATIVES fashioner noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘make, shape, appearance,’ also ‘a particular make or style’): from Old French façon, from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make.’
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