Definition of: fashion

(fash′ən) noun
1. The prevailing mode, especially in dress; the usage of polite society.
2. Manner of doing a thing; method; way.
3. The make or shape of a thing; external appearance; form.
4. Fashionable people, collectively.
5. Common practice or custom; usage.
6. A thing that is fashionable. See synonyms under AIR, CUSTOM, HABIT.
—after a fashion In a way; not thoroughly, well, or enthusiastically: also in a fashion.
—v.t.
1. To give shape or form to; frame; mold; make.
2. To conform; accommodate; fit. See synonyms under ADAPT, MAKE. [<AF fachon, var. of OF façon <L factio, -onis. Doublet of FACTION.]