資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

fashioning
     n : the act that results in something coming to be; "the
         devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans";
         "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the
         making" [syn: {devising}, {making}]