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Meaning of 'style' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Style [ v. t.]
- 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.
- Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.
- A pen; an author's pen.
- A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
- A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
- A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.
- The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.
- The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
- Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.
- Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.
- Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.
- Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.
- A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
- To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.

Meaning of 'style' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . style [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a slender bristlelike or tubular process
Example in sentence:
  • a cartilaginous style
Meaning (2):
- how something is done or how it happens
Example in sentence:
  • a lonely way of life;
  • her dignified manner;
  • his rapid manner of talking;
  • in an abrasive fashion;
  • in the characteristic New York style;
  • their nomadic mode of existence
Meaning (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
Example in sentence:
  • all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
Meaning (4):
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
Example in sentence:
  • he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
Meaning (5):
- the popular taste at a given time
Example in sentence:
  • he followed current trends;
  • leather is the latest vogue;
  • the 1920s had a style of their own
Meaning (6):
- distinctive and stylish elegance
Example in sentence:
  • he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
Meaning (7):
- a particular kind (as to appearance)
Example in sentence:
  • this style of shoe is in demand
8 . style [ v]
Meaning (8):
- make consistent with certain rules of style
Example in sentence:
  • style a manuscript
Meaning (9):
- make consistent with a certain fashion or style
Example in sentence:
  • Style my hair;
  • style the dress
Meaning (10):
- designate by an identifying term
Example in sentence:
  • They styled their nation `The Confederate States'

Nearby Words:

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