Fashionably

  • 51fashionable — [[t]fæ̱ʃənəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something or someone that is fashionable is popular or approved of at a particular time. It became fashionable to eat certain kinds of fish... Chelsea Harbour is renowned for its fashionable restaurants. Derived… …

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  • 52fashionable — adjective 1 popular, especially for a short period of time: Pastel shades are very fashionable at the moment. 2 popular with, or used by, rich people: She desperately wants to move to a more fashionable address. 3 someone who is fashionable wears …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 53fashionable */*/ — UK [ˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) popular at a particular time Gardening has become very fashionable. fashionable clothes it is fashionable to do something: It has become fashionable to criticize public institutions. 2) a) popular with rich… …

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  • 54fashionable*/*/ — [ˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l] adj 1) popular at a particular time Ant: unfashionable fashionable clothes[/ex] It is now fashionable to buy organic food.[/ex] 2) popular with rich and successful people, and often expensive London s most fashionable shopping… …

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  • 55swell — [[t]swɛl[/t]] v. swelled, swol•len swelled, swell•ing, 1) pat to enlarge in bulk, as by growth, absorption of fluid, or engorgement 2) pat (of a body part or area) to enlarge abnormally without growth of tissue 3) to rise in waves, as the sea 4)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 56swell — [c]/swɛl / (say swel) verb (swelled, swollen or swelled, swelling) –verb (i) 1. to grow in bulk, as by absorption of moisture, by inflation or distension, by addition of material in the process of growth, or the like. 2. to rise in waves, as the… …

  • 57swell mob — noun Etymology: swell (II) Britain : a group of criminals who dress fashionably and act with seeming respectability * * * swell mob, British Slang. a class of criminals who go about fashionably dressed to avoid suspicion. * * * swell mob, mobsman …

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  • 58COMMUNITIES — The first female rabbi in Italy celebrates Ḥanukkah at Lev Chadash synagogue in Milan, 2004. © Silvia Morara/Corbis.   IN 2005, THE WORLDWIDE JEWISH POPULATION WAS ESTIMATED TO BE CLOSE TO 14 MILLION PERSONS, WITH ITS LARGEST NUMBERS IN NORTH… …

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  • 59Clotheshorse — Clothes horse (kl[=o]z h[^o]rs ), n. 1. A frame to hang clothes on. [1913 Webster] 2. a person who is conspicuous for dressing fashionably, especially one who spends much time or money to acquire clothing. [PJC] …

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  • 60Flux — Flux, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluxed} (fl[u^]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluxing}.] 1. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. [1913 Webster] He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. South. [1913… …

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