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FASHION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic or habitual practice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fashion" is a kind of...):

pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fashion"):

line of least resistance; path of least resistance (the easiest way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fashion" is a kind of...):

consumer goods (goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption)

Sense 3

Meaning:

How something is done or how it happens

Example:

in an abrasive fashion

Synonyms:

fashion; manner; mode; style; way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fashion" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fashion"):

response (the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals)

wise (a way of doing or being)

signature; touch (a distinguishing style)

setup (the way something is organized or arranged)

life-style; life style; lifestyle; modus vivendi (a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes)

form (a particular mode in which something is manifested)

fit (the manner in which something fits)

drape (the manner in which fabric hangs or falls)

artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fashion" is a kind of...):

style; trend; vogue (the popular taste at a given time)

Domain member category:

cut; tailor (style and tailor in a certain fashion)

style (make consistent with a certain fashion or style)

come in (come into fashion; become fashionable)

go out (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fashion"):

cult of personality (intense devotion to a particular person)

cut (the style in which a garment is cut)

haute couture; high fashion; high style (trend-setting fashions)

craze; cult; fad; furor; furore; rage (an interest followed with exaggerated zeal)

retro (a fashion reminiscent of the past)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

Example:

She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks

Synonyms:

fashion; forge

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "fashion" is one way to...):

make (make by shaping or bringing together constituents)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fashion"):

tie (make by tying pieces together)

craft (make by hand and with much skill)

sew; tailor; tailor-make (create (clothes) with cloth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They fashion the cape

Derivation:

fashioning (the act that results in something coming to be)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin, followed by paclitaxel and trastuzumab, administered in a sequential fashion and used as an adjuvant treatment for HER-2/neu-positive breast cancer.

(AC-T-T regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

And in this fashion he went out of view.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Immune checkpoint stimulators and inhibitors are major regulators of the immune system and work in a similar fashion to the "brake" and "gas" pedals in a vehicle.

(Immune Stimulant Molecule Protects against Cancer Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

To test that idea, they examined brain activity during NREM sleep in rats trained to locate rewards in a maze and in rats that explored the maze in a random fashion.

(Study shows how memories ripple through the brain, National Institutes of Health)

The task is vital because if chemicals are not removed in a timely fashion, they can stimulate neurons in unexpected ways, disrupting normal brain function.

(Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases, National Science Foundation)

Workers’ microbiomes appear to change in a highly predictable fashion, especially with age.

(Species Shifts in the Honey Bee Microbiome Differ with Age and Hive Role, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Once more have I seen the Count go out in his lizard fashion.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In fact, they were badly wounded, and, having thrashed them, he proceeded to operate upon them in a rough surgical fashion and to dress their wounds.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Later on, in the fall of the year, he saved John Thornton’s life in quite another fashion.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But when he took her in his arms at the door and kissed her good night in tender lover-fashion, she forgot everything in the outrush of her own love to him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)