ˈfæʃən n. & v. --n. 1
the current popular custom or
style,
esp. in
dress or
social conduct. 2 a
manner or style of
doing something (in a
peculiar fashion). 3 (in comb.) in a specified manner (walk crab-fashion). 4
fashionable society (a
woman of fashion). --v.tr. (often foll. by into)
make into a
particular or the required
form. øafter (or in) a fashion as well as is
practicable,
though not satisfactorily. in (or
out of) fashion fashionable (or not fashionable) at the
time in
question. øøfashioner n. [ME f. AF fasun, OF faúon, f. L factio -onis f. facere factdo, make]