a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.:the latest fashion in dresses.
conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., esp. of polite society, or conformity to it:the dictates of fashion; to be out of fashion.
manner; way; mode:in a warlike fashion.
the make or form of anything:He liked the fashion of the simple, sturdy furniture.
a kind; sort:All fashions of people make up the world.
[Obs.]workmanship.
[Obs.]act or process of making.
Idiomsafter or in a fashion, in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way:He's an artist after a fashion.
v.t.
to give a particular shape or form to; make:The cavemen fashioned tools from stones.
to accommodate; adjust; adapt:doctrines fashioned to the varying hour.
[Shipbuilding.]to bend (a plate) without preheating.
[Obs.]to contrive; manage.
Latin factiōn- (stem of factiō) a doing, company. See faction
Anglo-French faço(u)n, façun, Old French faceon
Middle English facioun shape, manner 1250–1300
fash′ion•less, adj.
1. mode; fad, rage, craze. Fashion,style,vogue imply popularity or widespread acceptance of manners, customs, dress, etc. Fashion is that which characterizes or distinguishes the habits, manners, dress, etc., of a period or group:the fashions of the 18th century.Style is sometimes the equivalent of fashion, but also denotes conformance to a prevalent standard:to be in style; a chair in the Queen Anne style.Vogue suggests the temporary popularity of certain fashions:this year's vogue in popular music.4. shape, cut, pattern, figure. 9. frame, construct, mold. 10. suit, fit.