fashioning
NounUS[fash-uh-ning]/ˈfæʃənɪŋ/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- 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”Synonyms: devisingmakingType of productionKinds moviemaking, mapmaking
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“fashioning” is listed under Fashion.
Fash′ion transitive verb [past tense & past participle Fashioned; present participle & verbal noun Fashioning.]
Origin: Cf. F. faconner.
1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
Here the loud hammer fashions female toys.— John Gay
Ingenious art... Steps forth to fashion and refine the age.— William Cowper
2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; — with to.
Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.— Edmund Spenser
3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.— John Locke
4. To forge or counterfeit. obsolete William Shakespeare
Fashioning needle Knitting Machine, a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54