| fashion | 1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold. "Here the loud hammer fashions female toys." (Gay) "Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age." (Cowper) 2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; with to. "Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people." (Spenser) 3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. "Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight." (Locke) 4. To forge or counterfeit. <machinery> Fashioning needle, a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it. Origin: Cf. F. Faconner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fashionable | 1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress. 2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions. 3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man. 4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. "Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |