fashion
part of speech
noun (fashion, a fashion, fashions); verb (fashion, fashions, fashioned, fashioning)
meaning for a pupil
1) Fashion is the style of clothes, hair and things that is popular at a particular time. tree →
2) A fashion is a popular way of doing something for a while. tree →
3) «In a ... fashion» means in a certain way. tree →
4) To fashion something is to make or shape it with your hands. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life fashion changes; things are «in fashion» or «out of fashion». In history lessons fashions show how people lived. In stories a character may fashion a tool from wood. Phrases: «in fashion», «out of fashion», «fashion show», «after a fashion» (not very well), «in an orderly fashion».
examples
- Big jumpers are in fashion this winter. tree →
- Grandma says flared trousers have gone out of fashion and come back. tree →
- She wants to be a fashion designer. tree →
- Line up in an orderly fashion. tree →
- He fashioned a boat out of a log. tree →
- I can swim, after a fashion. tree →
- Fashions change, but kindness never goes out of fashion. tree →
- So in this fashion the old woman was brought to court. tree →
note
Uncountable for the general idea, countable for particular styles. Adjective: «fashionable»; opposite «unfashionable» or «old-fashioned». You don't need fashionable things to be a good friend.
In the corpora
- Good product design is about comfort, strength and use, and a high price can also come from brand and fashion.
- And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shown thee in the mount.
- Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
- Of cypress-trees from Senir have they fashioned all thy planks; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
- He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fashion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.