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fash·ion

fashion

 
 
pronunciation:
fae shn
parts of speech:
noun, verb
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: Fashion is the style of clothes that a lot of people are wearing during a certain period of time. A long time ago, a swimming suit covered most of a person's body. Nowadays, this is not the fashion. Fashion is also the popular or usual way of doing things at a particular time. Many years ago, people didn't run just for fun or exercise, but now it is the fashion.
Imani's older sister and her friends talked about the fashion in shoes before they all went shopping together.
synonyms:
trend
similar words:
custom, fad, form, look, practice, rage
definition 2: If someone is interested in fashion, they are interested in clothes and how they look. When someone is interested in fashion, they might like to look at clothes that models wear in magazines, and they might care about what style of clothes they wear themselves.
My aunt is studying to be a clothes designer. She has always liked sewing and fashion.
definition 3: A fashion is a way or a manner of behaving.
Kevin was acting in a strange fashion after dinner. He was very quiet and just went to lie down on his bed. His mom and dad thought he might be getting sick.
synonyms:
form, manner, mode, style, way
similar words:
approach, means, method, pattern
 
part of speech: verb
inflections: fashions, fashioning, fashioned
definition: When you fashion something, you make it. If you fashion a bird from pieces of paper, it means that you make a bird from pieces of paper.
My cousin fashioned a necklace out of seashells she found on the beach.
synonyms:
mold, shape
similar words:
construct, create, design, form, make, manufacture, model, pattern, style
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