fashion
verb
fashioned; fashioning
ˈfa-shᵊn-iŋ 
ˈfash-niŋ
; fashions
1
: to give shape or form to : to make, construct, or create (something) usually with careful attention or by the use of imagination and ingenuity
fashion a lamp from an old churn
a figure fashioned from clay
… delegating to the commander-in-chief the power to fashion the rules of the military justice system …—
Fred Strasser
Fred StrasserUp there in the mountains old ladies … are still hooking rugs … and fashioning dainty dolls out of corn shucks.—Richard Atcheson
Richard Atcheson2
: to design or devise for a particular use or purpose
… were the vessels fashioned for royalty distinguished from objects intended for nonroyal consumers?—Asian Art
Asian Art3
obsolete
: contrive
Examples of fashion in a Sentence
Students fashioned the clay into small figures.
She used the scraps of fabric to fashion a little doll's dress.
a table fashioned out of an old door
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Holmes fashioned herself as the next Steve Jobs, until a reporter at the Wall Street Journal blew the lid off Theranos' fraudulent claims of developing a state-of-the-art medical test that required only a single drop of blood to accurately detect results like glucose levels and cancer.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.
—Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Nithya Raman, the insurgent, has fashioned herself as a Zohran Mamdani of the West.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
Pawlikowski proceeded to re-imagine the event as a five-day road trip, and was assisted by Henk Handloegten to fashion a very personal and largely fictional story.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 May 2026
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.
—Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Nithya Raman, the insurgent, has fashioned herself as a Zohran Mamdani of the West.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
Pawlikowski proceeded to re-imagine the event as a five-day road trip, and was assisted by Henk Handloegten to fashion a very personal and largely fictional story.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 May 2026
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“Fashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fashion. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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fashion
1 of 2 noun
fash·ion
ˈfash-ən
1
: the shape or form of something
2
: manner sense 2, way
behave in a strange fashion
3
: a common style especially of dress during a particular time or among a certain group
an idea that is out of fashion
Etymology
Middle English facioun "shape, manner," from early French façon (same meaning), from Latin faction-, factio "action of making," from facere "to make, do" — related to artificial, benefit, confection, factory, manufacture, perfect, satisfy
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