(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Fashion is the area of activity that involves styles of clothing and appearance.
There are 20 full-colour pages of ~ for men...
The ~ world does not mind what the real world thinks.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A ~ is a style of clothing or a way of behaving that is popular at a particular time.
Queen Mary started the ~ for blue and white china in England...
He stayed at the top through all changes and ~s in pop music.
N-COUNT: oft the N
3.
If you do something in a particular ~ or after a particular ~, you do it in that way.
There is another drug called DHE that works in a similar ~...
It is happening in this ~ because of the obstinacy of one woman.
= manner
N-SING: with supp
see also parrot-~
4.
If you ~ an object or a work of art, you make it. (FORMAL)
Stone Age settlers ~ed necklaces from sheep’s teeth.
VERB: V n
5.
see also old-~ed
6.
If you say that something was done after a ~, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
She was educated–after a ~–at home...
He knew the way, after a ~.
PHRASE
7.
If something is in ~, it is popular and approved of at a particular time. If it is out of ~, it is not popular or approved of.
That sort of house is back in ~...
Marriage seems to be going out of ~.
PHRASE