单词 | fashion |
释义 | fashionn.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > fashioning, shaping, or forming shapinga1350 forming1401 formationc1450 fashion1463 plasmation?a1475 framing1551 frame1558 fashioning1574 plasmating1585 fiction1607 effection1623 formature1659 efficiency1665 formativeness1849 styling1928 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] makinglOE workinga1382 forge1390 fashion1463 facture1574 workmanship1578 fabrication1602 manufaction1602 opificec1616 manufacture1622 makec1631 manufactorya1641 manufact1647 manufacturage1665 manufacturing1669 production1767 mfg.1854 artificing1866 process work1881 machine-production1898 metal-bending1964 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > workmanship as an element in value of jewellery fashion1463 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 154 Ffor the fasyon of the same schene, v. marc. 1575–6 Act 18 Eliz. c. 15 This they [Goldsmythes] take not above the rate of xij d. for the ounce of Golde (besides the fashion). 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 393 (heading) Of the fashion of a childe in the wombe, and how the members are framed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 29 The..chargefull fashion..doth amount to three odde Duckets more. View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Pepys Diary 19 Oct. (1971) V. 301 They judge the fashion to be worth above 5s. per ounce more. 1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. App. iii. 630 14 or 15 thousand pounds weight [of silver plate], which, besides the fashion, would be [etc.]. 2. a. Make, build, shape. Hence, in wider sense, visible characteristics, appearance. Said both of material and of immaterial things. archaic. †out of fashion: out of shape.Some of the earlier instances may belong to 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] hue971 shapec1050 form1297 casta1300 entailc1320 fashionc1320 featurec1325 tailc1325 suitc1330 figuringc1385 figure1393 makinga1398 fasurec1400 facea1402 makec1425 proportionc1425 figuration?a1475 protracture1551 physiognomy1567 set1567 portraiturea1578 imagerya1592 model1597 plasmature1610 figurature1642 scheme1655 morphosis1675 turn1675 plasma1712 mould1725 format1936 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > out of shape [phrase] out of fashion1551 out of square1576 on (or in) a throwa1585 out of straight1678 out of shape1696 c1320 Sir Beues 2155 Me wolde þenke be his fasoun, Þat hit were Beues of Hamtoun. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 402 A dere damisele..of alle fasoun þe fairest. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22322 Fair in faciun for to sei. 14.. Tundale's Vis. 2062 A crowne Off gold that was of semyly faschyown. 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum Fassyone, or factyone, forme of makynge, forma, formefactura, formefactio. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Ev There be dyuers of people of fason in oure lande..there be people that haue the body of a man & the hede lyke a dogge. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcviijv Ye can skyll of the fassion of the erth, and of the skye. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Bv Vnder the lyne equynoctyall..all thynges be..owte of fasshyon and comylynes. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 85v Phalaris..hath a sede..whyte in fasshon. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxx. 110 If the infirmitie in fashion be casuall..exercise..will make that streight, which was croked. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke ix. 29 The fashion of his countenance was altered. View more context for this quotation 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 20 He inquireth into the nature and fashion of euery Bone. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 148 This County in Fashion, is like a bended Bowe. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 21 A massy slab, in fashion square or round. 1792 E. Burke Heads for Consideration in Three Memorials on French Affairs (1797) 130 The fashion of some constitution which suited with their fancies. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Before Parting in Poems & Ballads 21 I know..The fashion of fair temples tremulous With tender blood. 1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 143 I knew not The fashion of his nature. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > as an attribute figure1471 fashion1577 idea1594 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 185v The..common sort [of bees], when they begin to haue fashion, are called Nimphes. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 394 The seede..receiueth not fashion presently vpon the conception, but remaineth for a time without any figure. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2v The craftesman that bringeth it to fashion. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. i. i. 2 When we haue matter, we can giue fashion; thou gauest a beeing to the matter, without forme. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] leera700 nebeOE onseneeOE wlitec950 anlethOE nebshaftc1225 snouta1300 facec1300 visage1303 semblantc1315 vicea1325 cheera1350 countenance1393 front1398 fashiona1400 visurec1400 physiognomyc1425 groina1500 faxa1522 favour1525 facies1565 visor1575 complexiona1616 frontispiecea1625 mun1667 phiz1687 mug1708 mazard1725 physiog1791 dial plate1811 fizzog1811 jiba1825 dial1837 figurehead1840 Chevy Chase1859 mooey1859 snoot1861 chivvy1889 clock1899 map1899 mush1902 pan1920 kisser1938 boat1958 boat race1958 punim1965 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21319 Matheu o man he has facium, Luce has of ox. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xxxviii. 155 She shadwde hire visage and hire facioun vnder hire hood. 3. a. A particular make, shape, style, or pattern. Somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > a particular fashionc1325 branch1668 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class kinc950 kindOE distinction?c1225 rowc1300 spece1303 spice1303 fashionc1325 espicec1386 differencea1398 statec1450 sort?1523 notion1531 species1561 vein1568 brood1581 rank1585 order1588 race1590 breed1598 strain1612 batch1616 tap1623 siege1630 subdivision1646 notionality1651 category1660 denomination1664 footmark1666 genus1666 world1685 sortment1718 tribe1731 assortment1767 description1776 style1794 grouping1799 classification1803 subcategory1842 type1854 basket1916 c1325 Song Merci 41 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 119 I made þe Mon..Of feture liche myn owne fasoun. a1450 Le Morte Arth. 2531 Galeis grete of fele fasowne. 1522 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 116 A quarte wyne pott of the olde fasshon. 1576 A. Fleming tr. ‘Phalaris Agrigentinus’ in Panoplie Epist. 299 Two standing cuppes of silver, differing from the fashion of this time. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 9 The very Romane Seruice was of two fashions, the New fashion, and the Old. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iii. 62 Besides, our fashions of Utensils differ mightily from theirs. 1714 J. Fortescue-Aland in J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. Pref. 32 The Author..puts in his Franco-Germanick, of the Latin fashion. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 464 A limited monarchy after the modern fashion. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. iv. 68 Spreading out at the edges in the fashion of a basin. b. esp. with reference to attire: a particular ‘cut’ or style. Cf. 8c, 9. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > make or cut of shape?c1225 fashion1544 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] wearing?c1225 guisec1275 attire1382 habita1420 shapea1425 trick1542 fashion1544 trim1579 suit shape1598 garb1608 form1664 toilet1752 macaroni dressa1777 turn-out1812 style1814 set-out1834 get-up1842 rig1843 feather1854 model1859 make-up1883 1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Dij Somtyme cappe, somtyme hoode, nowe the frenshe fasshyon, nowe the Spanyshe fasshyon. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 74 I do not like the fashion of your garments. View more context for this quotation a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 81 To wear his Clothes of that fashion which he likes best. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. i. 5 Her dress..of no very modern fashion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance compassinga1300 graithc1375 jetc1380 cautelc1440 quaint?a1450 invention1546 trick1548 frame1558 fashion1562 device1570 conveyance1596 address1598 molition1598 fabric1600 machine1648 fancy1665 art1667 fanglementa1670 convenience1671 conveniency1725 contraption1825 affair1835 rig1845 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre b ij a Against this fashion they haue used to make a fashion like unto a paire of sheres. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 1363 See first what fashion may bee found To pacifie his paines. 4. Kind, sort. Now rare. Also †in fashion to: of a kind to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] kindeOE i-cundeOE mannera1225 jetc1330 colour1340 hair1387 estrete1393 gendera1398 hedea1400 savourc1400 stockc1450 toucha1500 rate1509 barrel1542 suit1548 fashion1562 special1563 stamp1573 family1598 garb1600 espece1602 kidney1602 bran1610 formality1610 editiona1627 make1660 cast1673 tour1702 way1702 specie1711 tenor1729 ilk1790 genre1816 stripe1853 persuasion1855 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > in respect of kind [phrase] > of a kind to in fashion to1562 the —— of this world1897 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 73v Suche fasshon of figure is not in a Mirt-berry. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 21 This reasoning is not in the fashion to choose mee a husband. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xvi. 76 Gentlemen of all fashions . View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Panier,..a fashion of Trunke made of Wicker. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 61 Thou friend of an ill fashion . View more context for this quotation 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 68 Consider the difference between these two fashions of compromise. 5. a. Manner, mode, way, esp. in after, †of, in, †on, this, such a, my, his, etc. fashion. rare in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] wayeOE costOE wise971 gatec1175 custc1275 form1297 guise13.. mannerc1300 kindc1330 assizea1375 plighta1393 makea1400 fashionc1400 reason?c1400 method1526 voye1541 how1551 way1563 garb1600 quality1600 mould1603 quomodo1623 modus1648 mode1649 turn1825 road1855 gait1866 methodology1932 stylee1982 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1100 & coronde wern alle of þe same fasoun. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 300 Palȝeonis Be stentit on syndry fassownys. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 351 To hevy a bourdon for to lede of this facyon. 1539 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 173 [They] passed thorough the Cytie in good ordre after A warlyke facion. 1567–83 Sempill Ball. 98 Ay selling caill, The best fassoun I may. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 111 He hath importun'd me with loue In honorable fashion . View more context for this quotation 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 358 We doe in all fashions of sorrow, bemoane ourselves. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 7 I have governed my Subjects in such a fashion that [etc.]. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. v. 128 After quite another Fashion. 1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 282/1 Subjects serious in themselves, but treated after my fashion, non-seriously. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 58 In zigzag fashion..I continued to ascend. b. In depreciatory sense, after, in, a or some fashion: somehow or another, in a sort, tolerably, not too well. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [phrase] > in this, some, any, etc., way > in some way > with implication of inadequacy after this, what, etc., sort1551 in a sort1585 after, in, a or some fashion1608 in sort1788 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iii. iii. 27 Whom yet Rome harbors, and, in a fashion, graces. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. i. 8 Work..which I can do after some fashion. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xvi. 126 Providence..has made me a lady after a fashion. ΚΠ 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. L5 And this is the fachone be the whiche al the reames and dominions..I presentley do posseade, haue beane gotten. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 42v To wynnowe it after the olde fashion with the winde. 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. vi. 63 To say nothing of the fashion of their cures. 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 60 A good fashion of Singing. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 134 He would I believe alter his Mind and Fashion. 6. a. Mode of action, bearing, behaviour, demeanour, ‘air’. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] tightc888 workOE laitsc1225 rule?c1225 guise1303 conditionsc1374 actiona1393 governancea1393 governailc1425 port?a1439 fashion1447 dressa1450 governinga1450 walkingc1450 abearing?1454 deport1474 behaving1482 dealing1484 guidinga1500 demeanoura1513 behaviour?1521 walk?1567 daps1582 courses1592 deportment1601 behave?1615 deportation1616 containment1619 conduct1673 haviour1752 daddyism1984 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 29 Be what similat facyoun Meche peple to his favour he drew. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 76 With som good grace and pleasant fashion. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B2v He..takes a whiffe With gracefull fashion. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 304 She keeps her cruel Fashion. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists ii. 77 With such a grace, with such a fashion. b. plural. Actions, gestures, ‘ways’. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing > as expressive of feelings or opinion semblancea1400 fashions1569 air1663 1569 J. Rogers Glasse Godly Love 182 With spiteful wordes and wanton fashions. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 37 He..gaue him selfe in facions to be somwhat like a tyrant. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Kk1 Whose eyes doe dwell vpon the faces and fashions . View more context for this quotation 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxvi. 227 He shall beg my pardon, and promise better fashions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > have an appearance of, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] > act a part to make fashion1571 personize1593 personate1623 theatrize1839 pose1840 play-act1938 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xl. 7) Worshipping God slyghtly for fashyon sake. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 17 Thou but leadest this fashion of thy mallice to the last houre of act. View more context for this quotation 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. cxix. 296 The memory of his love maketh me think Christ's glooms are but for the fashion. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxii. 152 Panurge made the fashion of driving them [sc. dogs] away. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. i. 12 He..only just pits a bit on the plate to make fashion. 8. a. A prevailing custom, a current usage; esp. one characteristic of a particular place or period of time. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group i-wunec888 thewc893 wise971 law of (the) landc1175 customa1200 wonec1200 tidingc1275 orderc1300 usancea1325 usagec1330 usea1393 guisea1400 spacec1400 stylec1430 rite1467 fashion1490 frequentation1525 institution1551 tradition1597 mode1642 shibboleth1804 dastur1888 praxis1892 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > of specific period or time mode1649 order of the day1791 fashion1821 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 544 A knighte..presented..a fayr knyff, after the facyon of the londe. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Dvii How vnseemelie..a fashion that is, let the wise iudge. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 92 The fashion of the world is, to auoyd cost. View more context for this quotation 1615 Bp. J. Hall No Peace with Rome xiv, in Recoll. Treat. 870 Ingenuously, as his fashion is. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 15 The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxiv. 112 Let every man Follow the fashion of his clan! 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 125 The old fashion of 140 gallons..to the butt..was then restored. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 366 New follies come, new faults, new fashions. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. i. 7 As a fashion of thought the idea..has..passed away. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] moursc1250 manners?a1425 way of living1516 fashions1555 way of lifea1616 ways1628 customary1796 moeurs1854 culture1860 mores1898 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [verb (intransitive)] > know or observe customs to know (the) fashions1555 to be in the fashion1569 1555 W. Watreman tr. J. Boemus (title) The fardle of facions. 1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 36 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. I will die and liue with thee Peter, for thou knowest fashions. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 164 Any that come among you to see fashions. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 213 To see the Country, and to learn Fashions; (as the Word goes). 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. ii. v. 287 The king had sent him [Barnaby Fitz-Patric] thither to remain in his [the French king's] court to learn fashions. c. spec. with regard to apparel or personal adornment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > current or prevailing fashiona1549 (la) haute couture1908 high fashion1958 fast fashion1975 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xiv. 159 I wyll not chaunge my olde fathers fashyon. 1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace New fashions in cutting of beardes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 70 'Tis some od humor pricks him to this fashion, Yet oftentimes he goes but meane apparel'd. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 225 Fashions crosse the Seas as oft as the Packet Boat. 1713 R. Steele & E. Budgell in Guardian 23 Mar. 1/2 An Opportunity to introduce Fashions amongst our young Gentlemen. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) viii. 105 To dress themelves in Miss Black's fashions. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xv. 241 A tall stout man, dressed in country fashion. 1865 T. Wright Hist. Caricature (1875) vi. 103 During the feudal ages, the fashions in France and England were always identical. 9. a. Conventional usage in dress, mode of life, etc., esp. as observed in the upper circles of society; conformity to this usage. Often personified, or quasi-personified.The first quot. may belong to 2 or 6. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > style or quality of fashion1604 mode1668 bon-ton1747 haut ton1801 swellism1840 West Endism1841 swellishness1863 toffishness1873 mundanity1892 swellness1894 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 156 The glasse of fashion, and the mould of forme. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 205 I am..become a courtly Tobacconist; more for fashion then for liking. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. ii. 288 The Man of Quality..must, for fashion-sake, appear in Love. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iv. 57 Taste and fashion, with us, have always had wings. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 38 As Int'rest biass'd knaves, or fashion fools. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 169 To break the spell of Fashion would be an atchievement. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 91 Fashion, that destroying angel. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. vii. 218 Some better object of worship than the capricieuse of fashion. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Aug. 10/2 Fashion and bon ton are by no means the same thing. 1892 Daily News 23 Apr. 3/5 Fashion is the all-absorbing subject. b. Fashionable people; the fashionable world. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] higheOE high life?a1518 towna1616 world1618 grand monde1673 society1693 beau monde1712 fine world1740 monde1765 tonc1770 high society1782 fashion1807 all the world1808 society1840 smart set1851 swelldom1854 Fifth Avenue1858 fashionabledom1859 haut monde1864 the big cheesea1910 higlif1911 haute Bohème1925 café society1937 jet set1949 beautiful people1950 1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 183 Days..When heart met heart in fashion's hall. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 125 Paris fashion's blame. c. high fashion n. (chiefly attributive) haute couture; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > current or prevailing fashiona1549 (la) haute couture1908 high fashion1958 fast fashion1975 1958 Sunday Times 19 Oct. 25/1 ‘Line for line’ copies of French models are the current high fashion rage in New York. 1959 Observer 22 Mar. 3/8 Now that high fashion has overtaken the circular, manufacturers have two kinds of worry. 1959 News Chron. 10 Aug. 6/5 The high-fashion hats seen in Paris. 1963 Listener 28 Feb. 370/1 The Education Board of the R.I.B.A. now finds its stodgy, nineteenth-century type syllabus at least partly in tune with the high fashion of the day. 10. the fashion: a. The mode of dress, etiquette, furniture, style of speech, etc., adopted in society for the time being. to lead, set the fashion: to be an example in dress, etc., for others to follow. to be in the fashion: to adopt the accepted style. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion gentryc1400 the fashion1569 mainstream1599 the trim1603 mood1646 mode1649 vogue1649 beauty1653 à la mode1654 turn1695 the kick1699 goût1717 thing1734 taste1739 ton1769 nick1788 the tippy1790 twig1811 latest1814 dernier mot1834 ticket1838 kibosh1880 last cry1887 le (or the) dernier cri1896 flavour of the month (or week)1946 vague1962 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] > follow fashion to be in the fashion1569 modea1661 to be with it1931 swing1957 to get with it1961 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [verb (intransitive)] > know or observe customs to know (the) fashions1555 to be in the fashion1569 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] > set fashion to lead, set the fashion1762 trend-set1965 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 34 A scarlet Robe with a hoode (as the fashion then was). 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B3 Her loue is..as vnconstant as the fashion. 1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. C It is come to be the fashion. 1612 S. Rowlands Knaue of Harts 13 Let vs haue standing Collers, in the fashion. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 77. ⁋1 Alexander the Great had a wry Neck, which made it the Fashion in his Court, to carry their Heads on one Side. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 10 Several persons qualified to lead the fashion both by birth and fortune. 1794 Ld. Nelson in Disptches & Lett. (ed. 2) I. 474 It is the fashion to say it would have been difficult to make a breach. 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities Pref. 7 It was then very much the fashion..to publish results and conceal methods. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 The fashion being of course set by the upper [class]. b. The person or thing that it is fashionable to admire or discuss. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion > fashionable thing or craze new fangle1548 furor1704 fever1761 rage1780 go1784 the fashion1790 furore1790 fashionablea1800 craze1813 delirament1856 fad1881 fash1895 new thinga1911 flu1943 kick1946 1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks III. xi. 7 I should not be tempted to marry him, if he were not the fashion. 1824 T. Medwin Conv. with Byron (1832) I. 55 I was the fashion when she first came out. 1837 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. v. 78 Another book..is much the fashion. 11. in, out of (the) fashion: in, out of, vogue or customary use, esp. in polite society; according or contrary to the customary rule or standard. Also to bring, come, grow into, go out of fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > in fashion [phrase] in, out of (the) fashion1603 à la mode1637 in a style1781 up to the minute1909 the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [phrase] in, out of (the) fashion1603 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. vi. 539 The Hungarians did very auailefully bring them [sc. war-coaches] into fashion. 1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 684 Shall nothing but our soules be out of the fashion? a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) v. v. 5 Slaying is the word, It is a deed in fashion . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 153 Virginitie like an olde Courtier, weares her cap out of fashion . View more context for this quotation a1627 W. Sclater Brief Comm. Malachy (1650) 103 Sins, when they are grown into fashion, are swallowed up as no sins. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 55 Let him..take heed, that the apparell he weares, be in fashion in the place where he resideth. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 154 Would you be a Man in Fashion? 1728 W. Cleland Let. Publisher Pope's Dunciad 19 Out of power, or out of fashion. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. ix. 157 Solitary pilgrimages were..much in fashion. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 179 The decorous gravity which had been thirty years before in fashion at Whitehall. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 532 1 Little dogs that had come into fashion. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am vii Aunt Dora's gowns..were always in the fashion. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of optimate1574 gentle blood1575 patrician1631 grandlinga1637 (man, woman) of fashion1702 Brahmani1704 ruffled shirt1754 aristocrat1789 thoroughbred1817 Brahmin1823 big bug1826 ruffle shirt1830 ruffle-shirter1842 blue blood1850 aristo1864 upper1955 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of (man, woman) of fashion1702 fashionablea1800 taste-meter1814 presentee1822 societarian1841 viveur1845 fashion-fly1868 socialite1909 celebutante1939 jet-setter1959 Sloanie1982 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xlviii. 187 They..defended theym vygoryously, as men of highe facion. 1597 Sir R. Cecil in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 43 A Gentleman of excellent fashion. a1618 W. Raleigh Apol. Voy. Guiana 7 in Judicious & Sel. Ess. (1650) It is strange that men of fashion and Gentlemen should so grosly bely their owne knowledge. c1675 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 354 Persons of good fashion..that have a desire to see us at dinner. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant x. 37 Greeks of Fashion, who are not for herding with the Populace. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. vi. 35 She resolved to preserve all the Dignity of the Woman of Fashion to her Servant. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 204 Augustus was obliged..to force men of fashion into the married state. 1755 E. Moore in World No. 151 (1772) III. 278 A woman cannot be a woman of fashion till she has lost her reputation. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. ix. 80 Women of very great distinction and fashion from town. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 76 A person of her fashion and figure. 1824 T. Medwin Conv. with Byron (1832) II. 50 I..was in favour with Brummell (and that was alone enough to make a man of fashion). Compounds C1. General attributive. a. Simple attributive. (a) fashion-artist n. ΚΠ 1903 A. Bennett Truth about Author x. 120 I could instruct a fashion-artist. fashion-designer n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > design > designer fashioner1631 modiste1802 couturière1818 modist1852 creator1901 fashion-designer1909 1909 Westm. Gaz. 15 Mar. 5/1 The very red about which fashion-designers are decided. fashion-journal n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > magazine > fashion fashion magazine1879 fashion-paper1885 fashion-journal1905 1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth ii. ix. 446 The newspapers, the fashion-journals. fashion-letter n. ΚΠ 1894 E. L. Shuman Steps into Journalism 154 Jennie June..who is known all over the country for her syndicate fashion letters. 1903 A. Bennett Truth about Author x. 120 A Paris fashion-letter. fashion magazine n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > magazine > fashion fashion magazine1879 fashion-paper1885 fashion-journal1905 1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen II. xiv. 256 Your trousseau should be..described in the fashion magazines. 1966 H. W. Yoxall Fashion of Life viii. 75 The majority of middle-aged women still have distressingly little sense of style... For them the fashion magazines might just as well not exist. fashion mania n. ΚΠ 1829 Westm. Rev. 11 399 This practice of blushing for unmodish friends..belongs to the fashion-mania. fashion-model n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > modelling or displaying clothing > [noun] > model showgirl1816 show-woman1848 mannequin1893 trier on1895 model1904 fashion-model1962 model girl1962 male model1975 1962 John o' London's 22 Mar. 291/1 An ageing fashion-model. 1970 P. Moyes Who saw her Die? i. 12 She was thirty-three years old, with the figure of a fashion model. fashion-modelling n. ΚΠ 1964 C. Barber Ling. Change Present-day Eng. v. 118 Fashion-modelling has been built up..as the ideal career. fashion show n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > modelling or displaying clothing > [noun] > fashion show or display collection1921 fashion week1934 fashion show1938 1938 Collier's 8 Jan. 13 This is, believe it or not, a fashion show. (b) fashion-conscious adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > fashion-conscious or following fashion fashion-monging1600 fashionable1609 fashionly1613 modish1652 mody1701 knowing1768 fadding1864 downtown1914 cool1918 fashion-conscious1951 switched-on1964 trendoid1979 fresh1984 kewl1990 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 75/2 Mallarmé and Joyce refused to be distracted by the fashion-conscious sirens of contents and subject matter. 1960 Guardian 15 July 8/2 The fashion-conscious visitor to Paris. ΚΠ a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 4 What fashion Cloaths the Roman officers..used. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 85 The great Square..has old Fashion Houses on the East and South Sides. c. Forming with a preceding noun or adjective an adverbial phrase. Cf. -wise comb. form. ΚΠ a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xiv He had deuysed newe Engynes after to werre facion.] 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iv. xxxii. 45 Made like an Ivie leaf, broad-angle-fashion. 1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 66 Flint stones, neatly made broad Arrow-fashion. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4748/4 A Silver Hungary Water Bottle Flask fashion gilt. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Capon Fashion [in Archery], the same as Bob-tail. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xiii. 129 Take the Leg of a..small Beef..cut it Ham-fashion. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee viii, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 96 Laying the outermost part of your feather this fashion, next to your hook. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 613 The tardy bridal was done Christian fashion. 1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 216 Picked up the puppy, holding it baby fashion in his arms. d. Objective. fashion-following n. ΚΠ 1621 S. Ward Happinesse of Pract. (1627) 43 Sabbath-breaking, and fashion-following. fashion-fancying adj. ΚΠ 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 25 These fashion-fansying wits, Are empty thinbrain'd shells. e. Instrumental. fashion-bound adj. ΚΠ 1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook xxi. 297 Implicit, sophisticated, or fashion-bound forms of artistic expression. fashion-driven adj. ΚΠ 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed iv. 69 The easy applause of a fashion-driven public. fashion-favoured adj. ΚΠ 1896 Westm. Gaz. 2 July 4/3 Fashion-favoured stuffs. fashion-fettered adj. ΚΠ 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Sept. 11/2 Fashion-fettered fops. fashion-led adj. ΚΠ 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 779 Whom do I advise? the fashion-led . View more context for this quotation fashion-minded adj. ΚΠ 1938 Chatelaine Oct. 2/1 The upward sweep has become of intense importance to the fashion-minded. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 30 Aug. 142 British manufacturers are continually producing new samples to meet the requirements of the most fashion-minded overseas wearers. fashion-ridden adj. ΚΠ 1897 G. B. Shaw Let. 28 May (1965) 770 The silly visionary fashion-ridden theatres. C2. Special combinations. Also fashion-monger n. fashion-book n. a book describing and illustrating new fashions in dress. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > current or prevailing > fashion book fashion-book1840 mode-book1860 1840 Fiddle Faddle Fashion Bk. 8/1 To depart from Fashion in a Fashion-Book is so shocking a thing that we tremble at the very idea of it. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford vii. 134 Three or four handsomely bound fashion-books ten or twelve years old. 1878 Harper's Mag. Apr. 764/2 The pictures were merely an improved reproduction of the men and women of the fashion-books. 1907 B. M. Croker Company's Servant viii. 74 I have brought back..a fashion-book, ribbons, gloves, and lots of sweets. fashion-fly n. figurative one who sports in the beams of fashion. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of (man, woman) of fashion1702 fashionablea1800 taste-meter1814 presentee1822 societarian1841 viveur1845 fashion-fly1868 socialite1909 celebutante1939 jet-setter1959 Sloanie1982 1868 Ld. Houghton Sel. from Wks. 63 Many a careless fashion-fly. fashion house n. a business establishment for the display and sale of high-quality clothes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > modelling or displaying clothing > [noun] > fashion house maison1909 maison de couture1933 fashion house1958 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories > fashionable or high-end maison1909 maison de couture1933 madam shop1952 boutique1953 fashion house1958 1958 London Mag. Dec. 33 A woman of character and elegance who ran a fashion house on one of the streets near Central Park. 1970 D. Wheatley Gateway to Hell iv. 44 She..became the top model in a leading fashion house. fashion-paper n. a journal of fashionable life; esp. a journal specializing in current fashions in dress. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > magazine > fashion fashion magazine1879 fashion-paper1885 fashion-journal1905 1885 ‘E. D. Gerard’ Waters Hercules xxx She snatched up the fashion-paper. 1901 F. H. Burnett Making of Marchioness i. i. 4 You might get on to one of the second-class fashion-papers to answer ridiculous questions about house~keeping or wall-papers or freckles. 1913 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 246 She showed me what looked like a fashion-paper print of a dress-stuff. 1925 L. P. Smith Words & Idioms iii. 127 Even in fashion-papers we read of ‘creations’ in millinery. fashion-picture n. a representation of fashionable costumes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > modelling or displaying clothing > [noun] > representation of fashionable costumes fashion-picture1884 1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 780/1 The subject..is a mere fashion-picture. fashion piece n. Nautical (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > shaping timbers fashion piece1627 fashion-timber- 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 2. From it [sc. the Stern-post] doth rise the two fashion peeces, like a paire of great hornes. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Fashion-pieces are those two Timbers which describe the breadth of the Ship at the Stern. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own III. ix. 171 My..fashion-pieces, were framed out. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 117 Fashion-pieces, the timbers..fashioning the after-part of the ship in the plane of projection, by terminating the breadth and forming the shape of the stern. fashion plate n. ‘a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or new style of dress’ (W.); also applied to other kinds of fashionable display. ΚΠ 1851 A. O. Hall Manhattaner 21 She unrolls the fashion plate. 1859 L. A. Wilmer Our Press Gang 332 Fashion-plate magazines. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Fashion plate. 1891 Stamp Collector Dec. 48 The latest philatelic ‘fashion plates’ tell us that the new idea of collecting postal cards is to collect them direct from the countries issuing them. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 26 May 4/2 Altering the outline of each new season's model, with the result that the preceding ones are..rendered old-fashioned... We do not want the fashion-plate methods to become general amongst motor-constructors. 1967 D. Yarwood Eng. Costume (ed. 3) viii. 211 We now have innumerable fashion plates and magazines. Thesaurus » Categories » fashion-timber n. = fashion piece n. Draft additions June 2006 fashion-forward adj. designating clothing, a person, etc., at the cutting edge of fashion. ΚΠ 1948 Los Angeles Times 26 July i. 16 (advt.) Our own nylons in our own Bel-Air package..aristocratic, a product of nylon dreams..exclusive and fashion forward. 2003 Independent 9 Oct. 7/5 It is a formula that had led to Balenciaga being the most desired label by those who like to consider themselves ‘fashion forward’. Draft additions February 2005 fashion police n. colloquial a group of people enforcing a particular dress code; esp. (humorous) a notional group of self-appointed experts who habitually comment on the fashion sense of others, usually to condemn them for a perceived lack of style. ΚΠ 1986 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 29 Aug. b7/1 He wanted them to get ready for next week, when they become fashion police, enforcers of a new dress code that bans the ‘three Ds’—clothing that is dangerous, distracting and disruptive. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 16 Mar. 20 In Washington you get the feeling that if people fall out of line and, say, wear yellow shirts, or skirts above the knee, the fashion police will rush right over to cover them with a Burberry. 2001 Cosmopolitan Dec. 208 It used to be that the fashion police would flag you down if you wore creamy colors after labor day. Draft additions October 2001 fashion victim n. usually depreciative a person who slavishly follows trends, esp. in clothing fashion. ΚΠ 1984 Adweek (U.S.) 7 May 39/1 Slick, monied punks show you can wear diamonds without being a Fashion Victim. 1992 R. Graef Living Dangerously i. 39 When the precious jeans were finally on board, he sheepishly conceded there was nothing he could point to which distinguished them from any others—except the label... I felt there was some value in hinting to them they might be fashion victims rather than connoisseurs. 1999 N.Y. Times Mag. 14 Nov. 87 (caption) I also had just gotten an asymmetrical buzz cut at Astor Place. I was a total MTV fashion victim. Draft additions June 2021 fashion week n. a series of events, typically lasting for a week, at which high-end fashion houses and designers showcase new collections.Often with preceding word specifying the location. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > modelling or displaying clothing > [noun] > fashion show or display collection1921 fashion week1934 fashion show1938 1934 N.Y. Times 22 May 25/2 A petition to Mayor LaGuardia for a week to be set aside in August to be called New York Fashion Week was voted for at a meeting of the Mayfair Mannequin Academy yesterday. 1992 New Republic 11 May 11/2 This moment marked the unofficial opening of fashion week—the first of dozens of shows crammed into the next five days. 2019 D. Thomas Fashionopolis i. 20 The flashiest, most photographable pieces..Katrantzou saved for her ‘show collection,’ which she presented during London Fashion Week in September. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). fashionv. 1. a. transitive. To give fashion or shape to; to form, mould, shape (either a material or immaterial object). Also, to fashion out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] i-schapeOE shapec1000 afaite?c1225 feigna1300 form1340 deformc1384 proportionc1384 throwc1390 figure?a1400 parec1400 mould1408 fashion1413 portrayc1450 effigure1486 porture1489 moul1530 shapen1535 frame1553 proportionate1555 efform1578 inform1590 formate1599 to shape out1600 infigure1611 figurate1615 immodelize1649 effinge1657 effigiate1660 configure1857 carpenter1884 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xxx. 78 That this statua be faciound duely and fourmed as it sholde. c1500 Melusine (1895) 50 Tentes..so meruayllously facyoned. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Lvjv Leather, when it is made, or fashioned for the foote, is called a shooe. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 66v To polish and fashion out his then rough-hewen fortune. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxi. 15 Did not one fashion vs in the wombe? View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. ii. 46 Every one..who shall go about to fashion in his Understanding any simple Idea. 1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. *4 A course Stone is presently fashion'd. 1714 J. Gay Fan i. 7 Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 80 Our stage is so prettily fashion'd for viewing. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. vii. 57 Young people fashion and form each other. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 18 Fragments of rude pottery, fashioned by the hand. 1878 Musque Poets 76 The wish I might have fashioned died In dreams. ΚΠ 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xx. 51 A Cavity fashioned by the Os sacrum, the Hip and Share-bones. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] fairOE highta1200 embellishc1385 beautifyc1425 decore1490 beauty1495 embeauty1523 decorate1530 fashion1557 busk1573 gracify?1578 embrave1579 handsome1592 pulchrify1797 orchidize1872 lovelify1935 bellify- bellish- 1557 New Test. (Geneva) Epist. **j He was disfiguered to fashion vs, he dyed for our life. 2. a. To form, frame, make. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form i-schapeOE shapeOE markc1330 forge1382 kneadc1400 frame?1518 fashion?1553 labour1578 appropriate1594 to shape out1600 elaborate1611 produce1611 moulda1616 fabric1623 coin1627 timber1646 laborate1662 condition1853 ?1553 tr. Pope Pius II Hist. Ladye Lucres & Eurialus sig. A.iv Her browes bente, facyoned wyth fewe heares. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 46v Favonnus..had reason..to fashion them this reply. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 257 Many have to perish, fashioning a path through the impassable! 1863 H. W. Longfellow Prelude xiii, in Tales Wayside Inn 15 The instrument..Was..Fashioned of maple and of pine. 1880 ‘E. Kirke’ Life J. A. Garfield 13 Bringing his saw and jackplane again into play, he fashioned companies..out of maple blocks. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > devise, invent, or design contrive1377 fashionc1540 c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 79 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 79 Then could he fation in the best wyce Many a deynte dyche. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 291 You and Douglas..As I will fashion it shall happily meete. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 195 They haue conioynd..To fashion this false sport. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 240 His going thence, which I will fashion to fall out betweene twelue and one. View more context for this quotation 3. a. To give a specified shape to; to model according to, after, or like (something); to form †into (the shape of something); to shape into or to (something). Also reflexive and †intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > put into a certain shape form1297 figurec1430 shape1457 cast1512 fashion1526 mould1667 set1678 modela1704 throw1804 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. viii. 29 Fasshioned unto the shape of his sonne. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xxii. 376 We are exhorted to fashion our selues according to that similitude and likenesse, which is in him. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 129 Fashioning them [sc. the Hotblouds] like Pharaoes souldiours. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 151 Coines..fashioned like point-aglets. 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. iii. 117 The Mould, about which the other more passive Principles gathering themselves, they all consort and fashion to it. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 467 This they fashioned to a conical figure. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 149 Some of them are fashioned into the figure of shells. 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 242 Chairs fashioned according to the designs. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 508 A smith to fashion his steel into picks or awls. 1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Polit. (1876) 216 Communities which are fashioned after the structure of the elder world. b. With complement. ΚΠ 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 171 All with me's meete, that I can fashion fit. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. vii. 65 When Talbot hath..fashion'd thee that Instrument of Ill. View more context for this quotation a. To change the fashion of; to modify, transform. With complement like, or const. to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > in form or appearance makec1175 transfigurea1340 transformc1340 overcasta1387 translatea1393 shapec1400 resolvea1450 transfigurate?a1475 fashion1528 converta1530 to bless into1534 redact1554 trans-shape1575 deduce1587 star1606 deducta1627 Pythagorize1631 to run into ——a1640 transpeciate1643 transmogrify1656 throw1824 transfeature1875 squirm1876 recontour1913 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xcvijv When a man fealeth..him selfe..altered and fascioned lyke vnto Christe. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Falling from God i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 84 Be fashioned to him in all goodness requisite to the children of God. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Hegendorphinus in Panoplie Epist. 382 Fashion yourselfe to sobernesse. a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1866) 312 Fashion thyself to Paul. 1611 Bible (King James) Phil. iii. 21 Who shall change our vile bodie, that it may bee fashioned like vnto his glorious body. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 219 Send him but hither, and Ile fashion him. View more context for this quotation 1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris Epil. His Roughness she'll soften, his Figure she'll fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)] forbraidc888 besmiteeOE awemOE filec1175 soila1250 envenomc1300 beshrewc1325 shrew1338 corrumpa1340 corrupt1382 subvertc1384 tache1390 poison1395 infect?c1400 intoxicatec1450 deprave1482 corrup1483 rust1493 turkess?1521 vitiate1534 prevary?1541 depravate1548 fester?1548 turkish1560 wry1563 taint1573 disalter1579 prevaricate1595 sophisticate1597 invitiate1598 fashion1600 tack1601 debauch1603 deturpate1623 disaltern1635 ulcer1642 deboise1654 Neronize1673 demoralize1794 bedevil1800 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] forgec1330 counterfeitc1386 feign1484 flamc1500 adulterate?1526 mint1593 fashion1600 fudge1674 sham1699 doctor1750 fake1884 to fake up1885 phoney1940 bodgie1969 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. iii. 27 It better fits my bloud to be disdain'd of all, then to fashion a cariage to rob loue from any. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 14 God forbid..That you should fashion, frame, or wrest the same. 5. a. To give (a person or thing) a fashion or form suitable to or to do (something); to accommodate, adapt to. Also reflexive and intransitive for reflexive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] afaite?c1225 ablea1400 reducec1450 fashion1526 adapt1531 framec1537 handsome1555 accommode1567 apt?1578 square1578 fit1580 coapt1586 commodate1595 suit1595 dispose1602 adjust1611 agence1633 adaptate1638 plya1657 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. ix. 22 In all thynge I fasshioned my silfe to all men. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 88 A halting sonnet..Fashioned to Beatrice. View more context for this quotation 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 88v There are some that fashion themselves to nothing more, then how to become speculative into another. a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) vi. 40 It was spoken corruptly, according as the peoples tongues would fashion to it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 135 How shall I fashion me to weare a cloake? View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 50 This Cardinall..Was fashion'd to much Honor. From his Cradle He was a Scholler. View more context for this quotation 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine ii. i. sig. E4v Lyes..fashion'd to so damnable a purpose. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 529 We fashion our selves to extoll the ages past. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 146 Doctrines fashioned to the varying hour. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. i. 3 These priests fashioned that which they did not understand to their respective wants and wishes. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > of the representation representc1450 describea1536 adumbrate1537 fashion1590 to figure for1596 depaint1598 maintain1598 depicture1650 depict1871 1590–6 E. Spenser (title) The Faerie Queene, Disposed into twelve books fashioning XII Morall vertues. c. intransitive. To bring oneself, ‘have the face’ (to do something). dialect. (Cf. quot. a1616 at sense 5a.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > act or do [verb (intransitive)] > have the audacity to do something fashion1847 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. ii. 28 Aw woonder hagh yah can faishion tuh stand thear i' idleness. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. iv. 78 She did fly up—asking how he could fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield ‘Why don't you go and ask him for it?’ ‘I cannot fashion’. 6. Nautical. (See quot. 1780) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) at Architecture The knees..fashion the transoms to the ship's side. [supra: The knees, which connect the beams to the sides.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1320v.1413 |
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