to fashion

Definition of to fashion in English English dictionary: fangle; To make, build or construct
a device fashioned by arguments against that kind of prey.; {v} to form, mold, figure, cast, adapt; {n} form, custom, mode, taste, fort, rank; characteristic or habitual practice the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks; To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold; If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well. She was educated -- after a fashion -- at home He knew the way, after a fashion; A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons; A style, or manner, in which to do something; Sites promoting personal style, clothing, design, and accessories These include sites selling fashion or promoting designers, and editorial sites with fashion news and information; Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion; If something is in fashion, it is popular and approved of at a particular time. If it is out of fashion, it is not popular or approved of. That sort of house is back in fashion Marriage seems to be going out of fashion. Any mode of dressing or adornment that is popular during a particular time or in a particular place (i.e., the current style). It can change from one period to the next, from generation to generation. It serves as a reflection of social and economic status, a function that explains the popularity of many styles throughout costume history; in the West, courts have been a major source of fashion. In the 19th and 20th centuries, fashion increasingly became an profitable, international industry as a result of the rise of world-renowned fashion houses and fashion magazines. See also dress; The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc; The popularity of a certain product, style, or appearance; A continuing process of change in the style of dress and adornment that are accepted by a large segment of the public at any particular time; characteristic or habitual practice; make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"; in the fashion; A currently accepted or popular style in a given field; the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior; how something is done or how it happens; "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"; workmanship; execution; 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; Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way; A fashion is a style of clothing or a way of behaving that is popular at a particular time. Queen Mary started the fashion for blue and white china in England He stayed at the top through all changes and fashions in pop music; To forge or counterfeit; If you fashion an object or a work of art, you make it. Stone Age settlers fashioned necklaces from sheep's teeth. see also old-fashioned; popular trends; Something that goes in one year and out the other; Fashion is the area of activity that involves styles of clothing and appearance. There are 20 full-colour pages of fashion for men The fashion world does not mind what the real world thinks; If you do something in a particular fashion or after a particular fashion, you do it in that way. There is another drug called DHE that works in a similar fashion It is happening in this fashion because of the obstinacy of one woman. see also parrot-fashion = manner; To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; with to; To make according to the rule prescribed by custom; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc; {i} style, mode; custom; manner, way something is done; type, sort; A set of behaviors temporarily adopted by a people because they are perceived to be socially appropriate for the time and situation; {f} shape, form; adjust, adapt, fit; create, make