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| 1. | [ noun ] a particular kind (as to appearance) | |
| Examples: | "this style of shoe is in demand" |
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| Related terms: | kind | |
| 2. | [ noun ] how something is done or how it happens | |
| Synonyms: | way manner fashion mode | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | property wise life_style touch fit form artistic_style setup drape stylize | |
| 3. | [ noun ] 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 | |
| Synonyms: | expressive_style | |
| Examples: | "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" |
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| Related terms: | communication vein formulation device journalese manner_of_speaking headlinese bathos poetry eloquence pathos officialese euphuism self-expression legalese allegory congorism terseness prose rhetoric grandiosity sesquipedality verboseness analysis black_humor writing_style genre jargon language music art stylize | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (psychology) the popular taste at a given time | |
| Synonyms: | vogue trend | |
| Examples: | "leather is the latest vogue" "he followed current trends" "the 1920s had a style of their own" |
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| Related terms: | taste fashion bandwagon new_look stylize | |
| 5. | [ noun ] distinctive and stylish elegance | |
| Synonyms: | dash flair panache elan | |
| Examples: | "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" |
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| Related terms: | elegance | |
| 6. | [ verb ] designate by an identifying term | |
| Synonyms: | title | |
| Examples: | "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'" |
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| Related terms: | name title | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma | |
| Related terms: | reproductive_structure stylopodium pistil stigma botany | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (clothing) style and tailor in a certain fashion | |
| Synonyms: | tailor cut | |
| Examples: | "cut a dress" "style a wedding dress" |
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| Related terms: | design gore fashion | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving | |
| Synonyms: | stylus | |
| Examples: | "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" |
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| Related terms: | tool | |
| 10. | [ verb ] make consistent with a certain fashion or style | |
| Examples: | "Style my hair" "style the dress" |
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| Related terms: | make pompadour fashion hairdresser | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (writing) make consistent with certain rules of style | |
| Examples: | "style a manuscript" |
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| Related terms: | write | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (printing) editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display | |
| Related terms: | direction | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (zoology) a slender bristlelike or tubular process | |
| Examples: | : "a cartilaginous style" |
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| Related terms: | process stylet | |
| Similar spelling: |
stale stole Stile stele Stolle Staley Stille Stelle steele Stehle Stahley Stilley st_leo_i Stahl stall steal steel Steil Stell stael still Stohl Stoll stool stela Stull Steely Stella Stelly stilly Stahly Stowell |
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