Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fashion \Fash"ion\, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F.
   facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to
   make. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Faction}.]
   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.

            The fashion of his countenance was altered. --Luke
                                                  ix. 29.

            I do not like the fashion of your garments. --Shak.

   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.

            The innocent diversions in fashion.   --Locke.

            As now existing, fashion is a form of social
            regulation analogous to constitutional government as
            a form of political regulation.       --H. Spencer.

   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. ``After his sour fashion.'' --Shak.

   {After a fashion}, to a certain extent; in a sort.

   {Fashion piece} (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate
      the transom, and define the shape of the stern.

   {Fashion plate}, a pictorial design showing the prevailing
      style or a new style of dress.

Fashion \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fashioned}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Fashioning}.] [Cf. F. faconner.]
   1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

            Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay.

            Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and
            refine the age.                       --Cowper.

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

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

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

            Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
                                                  --Locke.

   4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {Fashioning needle} (Knitting Machine), a needle used for
      widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.

Source : WordNet®

fashion
     v : make out of components (often in an improvising manner);
         "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
         [syn: {forge}]

fashion
     n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
          manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic
          mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York
          style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
          [syn: {manner}, {mode}, {style}, {way}]
     2: characteristic or habitual practice
     3: the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics
        and behavior