fashioned

Everyday

1. «Old-fashioned» means belonging to an earlier time and no longer common or modern. tree →
2. Fashioned (verb) means made or shaped by hand, often from simple materials. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons, children compare old-fashioned toys, clothes and machines with modern ones. In stories, a character might fashion a raft or a spear from sticks. Phrases: «old-fashioned», «good old-fashioned …», «fashioned from», «fashioned into».

Examples

• Grandma has an old-fashioned telephone with a dial. tree →
• That hat looks really old-fashioned. tree →
• He fashioned a boat from a piece of bark. tree →
• The children fashioned a shelter out of branches. tree →
• We played good old-fashioned games like hopscotch. tree →
• The ring was fashioned from silver. tree →
• Some people think writing letters is old-fashioned. tree →
• Cursed be the fire in which it was forged and the man who fashioned it!’ tree →

Note

Mostly found in the compound «old-fashioned», written with a hyphen. «Fashioned from» = made out of. Opposite of old-fashioned: «modern», «up to date», «fashionable». Not a number word.

In Jewish tradition

Here it means shaped or carved with a tool. Aaron shapes the gold into the calf. In the Prophets and Writings it also means made or formed, whether an idol by a craftsman or a person by God's hands.

Interpretation. Commentators argue about Aaron's part in the golden calf. Some say he was forced into it and tried to delay the people, and the story is read as a warning about idolatry. Isaiah mocks idols made by hand, while the psalmist prays to the God who fashioned him to teach him.

Examples

• And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: 'This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.' (Torah EXO.32.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing? (Prophets ISA.44.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me! (Writings JOB.10.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments. (Writings PSA.119.73, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Mostly found in the compound «old-fashioned», written with a hyphen. «Fashioned from» = made out of. Opposite of old-fashioned: «modern», «up to date», «fashionable». Not a number word.