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