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.

Obsolete . workmanship.

Obsolete . act or process of making.

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.

Obsolete . to contrive; manage. ?

after 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.

noun

appearance , bandwagon , chic , configuration , convention , craze , cry , cultism , cultus , custom , cut , dernier cri , fad , faddism , figure , form , furor , in thing , last word * , latest , latest thing * , line * , look , make , mode , model , mold , newest wrinkle , pattern , rage , shape , thing * , tone , trend , usage , vogue , demeanor , device , etiquette , formality , formula , guise , method , modus operandi , mores , observance , order , practice , precedent , prescription , prevalence , procedure , sort , style , system , technique , tendency , vein , way , manner , wise , beau monde , haute couture , haut monde , sophistication , trendsetter , vanguard

verb

accommodate , adapt , build , carve , construct , contrive , cook up * , cut , devise , dream up * , erect , fabricate , fit , forge , form , frame * , knock together , make , manufacture , model , mold , plan , plot , produce , sculpture , shape , suit , tailor , throw together , turn out * , work , assemble , frame , put together , acclimate , acclimatize , adjust , conform , reconcile , square , air , appearance , attitude , compose , craze , create , custom , design , etiquette , fad , guise , invent , look , manner , method , mode , pattern , rage , style , trend , vogue