fashioned
part of speech
adjective, mostly in «old-fashioned» (old-fashioned); also the past form of «fashion» (fashion, fashions, fashioned, fashioning)
meaning for a pupil
1) «Old-fashioned» means belonging to an earlier time and no longer common or modern. tree →
2) Fashioned (verb) means made or shaped by hand, often from simple materials. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, children compare old-fashioned toys, clothes and machines with modern ones. In stories, a character might fashion a raft or a spear from sticks. Phrases: «old-fashioned», «good old-fashioned …», «fashioned from», «fashioned into».
examples
- Grandma has an old-fashioned telephone with a dial. tree →
- That hat looks really old-fashioned. tree →
- He fashioned a boat from a piece of bark. tree →
- The children fashioned a shelter out of branches. tree →
- We played good old-fashioned games like hopscotch. tree →
- The ring was fashioned from silver. tree →
- Some people think writing letters is old-fashioned. tree →
- Cursed be the fire in which it was forged and the man who fashioned it!’ tree →
note
Mostly found in the compound «old-fashioned», written with a hyphen. «Fashioned from» = made out of. Opposite of old-fashioned: «modern», «up to date», «fashionable». Not a number word.
In the corpora
- The sergeant speaks in old-fashioned words: «Oddsbodikins! … Rouse thee, old loon» (= Goodness!
- The way a character speaks, posh, rough, local or old-fashioned, helps to show what they are like.
- Clues like candles, horses and carts, or old-fashioned words can show a diary is from long ago.
- "Departed this life" means died; it is old-fashioned and found on old gravestones.
- "Breathed his last" means died; it is old-fashioned and solemn.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fashioned» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.