fashion
 fash·ion (făshʹən)n.
1. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior:
out of fashion.
2. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode:
a swimsuit that is the latest fashion.
3. The style characteristic of the social elite:
a man of fashion.
4.
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.
5. Kind or variety; sort:
people of all fashions.
6. Shape or form; configuration.tr.v. fash·ioned, fash·ion·ing, fash·ions
1. To give shape or form to; make:
fashioned a table from a redwood burl.
2. To train or influence into a particular state or character.
3. To adapt, as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.
4. Obsolete. To contrive.Idiom:after/in a fashion
In some way or other, especially to a limited extent:
She sings after a fashion. [Middle English facioun, from Old French façon, appearance, manner, from Latin factiō, factiōn-, a making, from factus, past participle of facere, to make, do. See dhē- in Indo-European Roots.] fashʹion·er n.
Synonyms: fashion, style, mode, vogue
These nouns refer to a prevailing or preferred manner of dress, adornment, behavior, or way of life at a given time. Fashion, the broadest term, usually refers to what accords with conventions adopted by polite society or by any culture or subculture: a time when long hair was the fashion. Style is sometimes used interchangeably with fashion, but like mode often stresses adherence to standards of elegance: traveling in style; miniskirts that were the mode in the late sixties. Vogue is applied to fashion that prevails widely and often suggests enthusiastic but short-lived acceptance: a video game that was in vogue a few years ago. See also synonyms at method
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