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style in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. distinctive and stylish elegance
    "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
    dash  elan  flair  panache  style 
  2. 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"
    expressive style  style 
  3. 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"
    manner  mode  style  way  fashion 
  4. a slender bristlelike or tubular process
    "a cartilaginous style"
    style 
  5. a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
    "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"
    stylus  style 
  6. the popular taste at a given time
    "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
    vogue  trend  style 
  7. a particular kind (as to appearance)
    "this style of shoe is in demand"
    style 
  8. editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
    style 
  9. (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
    style 
verb
  1. designate by an identifying term
    "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"
    style  title 
  2. make consistent with certain rules of style
    "style a manuscript"
    style 
  3. make consistent with a certain fashion or style
    "Style my hair"; "style the dress"
    style 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University