style
Nouns
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(n) 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
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(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
- all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
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(n) a particular kind (as to appearance)
- this style of shoe is in demand
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(n) the popular taste at a given time
- leather is the latest vogue
- he followed current trends
- the 1920s had a style of their own
- (n) (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
- (n) editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
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(n) distinctive and stylish elegance
- he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
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(n) a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
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(n) a slender bristlelike or tubular process
- a cartilaginous style
Verbs
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(v) designate by an identifying term
- They styled their nation "The Confederate States"
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(v) make consistent with a certain fashion or style
- Style my hair
- style the dress
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(v) make consistent with certain rules of style
- style a manuscript