Style
Meaning
n 1: a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe isin demand"
2: 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"
[syn: manner, mode, way, fashion]
3: 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" [syn: expressive
style]
4: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the
confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan,
flair, panache]
5: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest
vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a
style of their own" [syn: vogue, trend]
6: (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the
ovary and the stigma
7: editorial directions to be followed in spelling and
punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
8: a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew
the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" [syn: stylus]
9: a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous
style"
v 1: designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation
`The Confederate States'" [syn: title]
2: make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my
hair"; "style the dress"
3: make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a
manuscript"