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Fashion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. fash'on. [Latin facio, facies.]

2. The make or form of any thing; the state of any thing with regard to its external appearance; shape; as the fashion of the ark, or of the tabernacle.

3. Or let me lose the fashion of a man.

4. The fashion of his countenance was altered. Luke 9:29 .

5. Form; model to be imitated; pattern.

6. King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar. 2 Kings 16:10 .

7. The form of a garment; the cut or shape of clothes; as the fashion of a coat or of a bonnet. Hence,

8. The prevailing mode of dress or ornament. We import fashions from England, as the English often import them from France. What so changeable as fashion!

9. Manner; sort; way; mode; applied to actions or behavior.

10. Pluck Casca by the sleeve,

11. And he will, after his sour fashion tell you

12. What hath proceeded.

13. Custom; prevailing mode or practice. fashion is an inexorable tyrant, and most of the world its willing slaves.

14. It was the fashion of the age to call every thing in question.

15. Few enterprises are so hopeless as a contest with fashion

16. Genteel life or good breeding; as men of fashion

17. Any thing worn. [Not used.]

18. Genteel company.

19. Workmanship.

Fashion [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. fash'on.

2. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

3. Here the loud hammer fashions female toys.

4. Aaron fashioned the calf with a graving tool. Exodus 32:4 .

5. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makes thou? Isaiah 14:1 .

6. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; with to.

7. Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.

8. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

9. Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.

10. To forge or counterfeit. [Not used.]

Fashion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution.

2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.

3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.

4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way.

Fashion [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.

3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

4. To forge or counterfeit.

Fashion-monger [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who studies the fashion; a fop.

2. Fashion-pieces, in ships, the hindmost timbers which terminate the breadth, and form the shape of the stern.

Fashion-monger [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy.

Fashion-mongering [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Behaving like a fashion-monger.

Fashionable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Made according to the prevailing form or mode; as a fashionable dress.

2. Established by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.

3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as a fashionable man. Hence,

4. Genteel; well bred; as fashionable company or society.

Fashionable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.

3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.

4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.

Fashionable [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Fashionableness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being fashionable; modish elegance; such appearance as is according to the prevailing custom.

Fashionableness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

State of being fashionable.

Fashionably [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a manner according to fashion, custom or prevailing practice; with modish elegance; as, to dress fashionably

Fashionably [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a fashionable manner.

Fashioned [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Made; formed; shaped; fitted; adapted.

Fashioned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a certain style or fashion; as old-fashioned; new-fashioned.

Fashioned [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Fashion

Fashioner [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who forms or gives shape to.

Fashioner [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything.

Fashioning [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Forming; giving shape to; fitting; adapting.

Fashioning [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Fashion

Fashionist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions.

Fashionless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having no fashion.

State Roget’s Thesaurus §7

N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, # mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character

V. be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state, be on a footing, do, fare, come to pass

Adj. conditional, modal, formal, structural, organic

Adv. conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case, relative

Form Roget’s Thesaurus §240

N. form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration, # make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib, stamp, type, cast, mold, fashion, contour, structure, plasmature, feature, lineament, turn, phase, posture, attitude, pose, morphism, isomorphism, forming, formation, figuration, efformation, sculpture, plasmation

V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast, rough hew, rough cast, sketch, block out, hammer out, trim, lick into shape, put into shape, model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture, cast, stamp, build

Adj. formed, plastic, fictile, formative, fluid, plasmic, isomorphous, pleomorphic, protean, changeable, &c. 149

Habit Roget’s Thesaurus §613

N. habit, habitude, assuetude|, assuefaction|, wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground, prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice, prevalence, observance, conventionalism, conventionality, mode, fashion, vogue, etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity, consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order, precedent, routine, red-tape, red-tapism, pipe clay, rut, groove, cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit &c, addiction, trick, training, seasoning, second nature, acclimatization, knack &c

V. be wont, fall into a rut, fall into a custom, tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten, stare super antiquas vias, move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way, habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden, accustom, familiarize, naturalize, acclimatize, keep one's hand in, train, get into the way, get into the knack of, learn, cling to, adhere to, repeat, acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick, addict oneself to, take to, get into, be habitual, prevail, come into use, become a habit, take root, gain upon one, grow upon one

Adj. habitual, accustomary, prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, consuetudinary, wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot, well-trodden, well-known, familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited, of course, admitted, understood, conformable, &c. 82, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable, wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated, in the habit of, habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to, hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting, naturalized, ingrained

Adv. habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently

Phr. cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, "how use doth breed a habit in a man!", magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus

Method Roget’s Thesaurus §627

N. method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, mo, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, king's highway, queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut, carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to

Phr. hae tibi erunt artes

Fashion Roget’s Thesaurus §852

N. fashion, style, ton, bon ton|, society, good society, polite society, monde, drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde, high life, court, world, fashionable world, gay world, vanity fair, show, manners, breeding, air, demeanor, savoir faire, gentlemanliness, gentility, decorum, propriety, biensance, conventions of society, mrs. grundy, punctilio, form, formality, etiquette, point of etiquette, dress, custom, mode, vogue, go, rage, prevailing taste, fad, trend, bandwagon, furore, thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word, man of fashion, woman of fashion, man of the world, woman of the world, height of fashion, pink of fashion, star of fashion, glass of fashion, leader of fashion, arbiter elegantiarum, the beautiful people, the fashion set, upper ten thousand, elite, smart set, the four hundred, in crowd

V. be fashionable, be the rage, have a run, pass current, follow the fashion, conform to the fashion, fall in with the fashion, follow the trend, follow the crowd, go with the stream, savoir vivre, savoir faire, keep up appearances, behave oneself, set the fashion, bring in the fashion, give a tone to society, cut a figure in society, keep one's carriage

Adj. fashionable, in fashion, a la mode, comme il faut, admitted in society, admissible in society, presentable, conventional, genteel, well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, ladylike, civil, polite, polished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly, distingue, unembarrassed, degage, janty, jaunty, dashing, fast, modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche, newfangled, all the rage, all the go|, with it, in, faddish, in court, in full dress, in evening dress, en grande tenue

Adv. fashionably, for fashion's sake

Phr. a la francaise, a la parisienne, a l' anglaise, a l' americaine, autre temps autre mauers, chaque pays a sa guise

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Genesis 6:15

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

Exodus 26:30

And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Exodus 28:13

And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

Fashion gold filigree settings

Exodus 28:39

And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.

You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash.

Exodus 31:6

And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you:

Exodus 32:4

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

Exodus 37:19

Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Numbers 8:4

And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

1 Kings 6:38

And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.

1 Kings 7:26

And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

2 Kings 16:10

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.

2 Chronicles 4:5

And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

Job 10:8

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

Job 31:15

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Psalms 33:15

He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.

Psalms 119:73

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

Psalms 139:16

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

Isaiah 17:8

And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

Isaiah 22:11

Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

Isaiah 28:15

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”