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21Fashion plate — Fashion Fash ion, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Faction}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance …
22fashion — ► NOUN 1) a popular trend, especially in dress. 2) the production and marketing of new styles of clothing and cosmetics. 3) a manner of doing something. ► VERB ▪ make into a particular form or article. ● after a fashion Cf. ↑ …
23fashion — [fash′ən] n. [ME fasoun < OFr faceon < L factio, a making: see FACTION1] 1. the make, form, or shape of a thing 2. Now Rare kind; sort 3. the way in which something is made or done; manner 4. the current style or mode of dress, speech,… …
24fashion — 1 noun 1 (singular, uncountable) the popular style of clothes, hair, behaviour etc at a particular time, that is likely to change : a/the fashion for: a fashion for alternative therapies | be the fashion: Eastern religions such as Buddhism used… …
25fashion — noun 1 style of dressing, etc. popular at a particular time ADJECTIVE ▪ contemporary, current, latest, modern, new ▪ changing, passing ▪ changing f …
26fashion — fash|ion1 W2S2 [ˈfæʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: façon, from Latin factio act of making , from facere to do, make ] 1.) [singular, U] something that is popular or thought to be good at a particular time fashion for ▪ the fashion… …
27fashion — fash|ion1 [ fæʃn ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the fact that something such as a style of dress or an activity is popular at a particular time: Fashions change all the time. fashion for: The fashion for ocean bathing began in the nineteenth… …
28fashion — [[t]fæ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ fashions, fashioning, fashioned 1) N UNCOUNT Fashion is the area of activity that involves styles of clothing and appearance. There are 20 full colour pages of fashion for men... The fashion world does not mind what the real… …
29fashion — I UK [ˈfæʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms fashion : singular fashion plural fashions *** 1) a) [uncountable] the activity or business that involves styles of clothes and people s appearance the world of fashion b) [only before noun] relating to… …
30fashion — fashionless, adj. /fash euhn/, n. 1. a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses. 2. conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., esp. of polite society, or conformity to it: the dictates of… …
