Definition of "fashion" in англійська

noun

1. (countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.

2. (uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.

   • Check out the latest in fashion.
   • He had always been interested in fashion, so he decided to take a sewing class.

3. (countable) A style or manner in which something is done.

   • the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.

4. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.

5. (dated) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding.

   • men of fashion

verb

1. To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way.

   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX I have three gourds which I fill with water and take back to my cave against the long nights. I have fashioned a spear and a bow and arrow, that I may conserve my ammunition, which is running low.

2. (dated) To make in a standard manner; to work.

3. (dated) To fit, adapt, or accommodate to.

4. (obsolete) To forge or counterfeit.