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Fashion means a popular way of dressing or speaking. (noun)

An example of fashion is a favored style on the fashion designers talent contest on the television show "Project Runway."

Fashion means to make or give form to. (verb)

An example of fashion is to create a paper airplane.

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See fashion in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the make, form, or shape of a thing
Now Rare kind; sort
the way in which something is made or done; manner
the current style or mode of dress, speech, conduct, etc.
something, esp. a garment, in the current style
fashionable people as a group: a man of fashion

transitive verb

to make in a certain way; give a certain form to; shape; mold
to fit; accommodate (to): music fashioned to our taste
Obsolete to think up; contrive

Related Forms:

fashioner noun

See fashion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(făshˈən)

noun

The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior: out of fashion.
Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode: a swimsuit that is the latest fashion.
The style characteristic of the social elite: a man of fashion.
a. Manner or mode; way: Set the table in this fashion.
b. A personal, often idiosyncratic manner: played the violin in his own curious fashion.
Kind or variety; sort: people of all fashions.
Shape or form; configuration.

transitive verb fash·ioned, fash·ion·ing, fash·ions

To give shape or form to; make: fashioned a table from a redwood burl.
To train or influence into a particular state or character.
To adapt, as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.
Obsolete To contrive.

Related Forms:

fashˈion·er noun

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