English to English
style
(st/aI/l
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noun (n)
- 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(noun.communication)Example:
All the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper.
source: wordnet30 - a particular kind (as to appearance)(noun.cognition)Example:
This style of shoe is in demand.
source: wordnet30 - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma(noun.plant)source: wordnet30
- editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a slender bristlelike or tubular process(noun.animal)Example:
A cartilaginous style.
source: wordnet30 - An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- designate by an identifying term(verb.communication)Example:
They styled their nation `The Confederate States'.
source: wordnet30 - make consistent with a certain fashion or style(verb.creation)Example:
Style my hair.
Style the dress.
source: wordnet30 - make consistent with certain rules of style(verb.communication)Example:
Style a manuscript.
source: wordnet30 - To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.(verb)source: webster1913