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   fash·ion

   /ˈfaSHən/

   noun

   • 1. a popular trend, especially in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior: "his hair is cut in the latest fashion" Similar voguetrendcrazeragemaniamodefadfancypassing fancycurrent/latest stylelatest thinglatest tastestylelookgeneral tendencyconventioncustompracticeusageinformal:thing
   • ▪ the production and marketing of new styles of goods, especially clothing and cosmetics: "a fashion magazine" Similar clothesthe clothes industryclothes designcoutureglamourinformal:the rag trade
   • 2. a manner of doing something: "the work is done in a rather casual fashion" Similar mannerwaystylemethodmodesystemapproach

   verb

   • 1. make into a particular or the required form: "the bottles were fashioned from green glass"
   • ▪ use materials to make into: "the skins were fashioned into boots and shoes"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘make, shape, appearance’, also ‘a particular make or style’): from Old French façon, from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fashioner noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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