"fashions" in the noun sense
1. manner, mode, style, way, fashion
how something is done or how it happens
"her dignified manner"
"his rapid manner of talking"
"their nomadic mode of existence"
"in the characteristic New York style"
"a lonely way of life"
"in an abrasive fashion"
2. fashion
characteristic or habitual practice
3. fashion
the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
4. fashion
consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode
"fashions" in the verb sense
1. fashion, forge
make out of components (often in an improvising manner
"She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
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