fashion
verb/ˈfæʃn/
/ˈfæʃn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fashion | /ˈfæʃn/ /ˈfæʃn/ |
| he / she / it fashions | /ˈfæʃnz/ /ˈfæʃnz/ |
| past simple fashioned | /ˈfæʃnd/ /ˈfæʃnd/ |
| past participle fashioned | /ˈfæʃnd/ /ˈfæʃnd/ |
| -ing form fashioning | /ˈfæʃənɪŋ/ /ˈfæʃənɪŋ/ |
- to make or shape something, especially with your hands
- fashion A (from/out of B) She fashioned a pot from the clay.
- fashion B (into A) She fashioned the clay into a pot.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘make, shape, appearance’, also ‘a particular make or style’): from Old French façon, from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make’.Want to learn more?
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