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STYLE





Definition:

  1. [noun] a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand"

  2. [noun] how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
    Synonyms: manner, mode, way, fashion

  3. [noun] a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
    Synonyms: expressive

  4. [noun] distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
    Synonyms: dash, elan, flair, panache

  5. [noun] the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
    Synonyms: vogue, trend

  6. [noun] (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

  7. [noun] editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display

  8. [noun] a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"
    Synonyms: stylus

  9. [noun] a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style"

  10. [verb] designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"
    Synonyms: title

  11. [verb] make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress"

  12. [verb] make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript"

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