style
noun
1. how something is done or how it happens
- in the characteristic New York style
Similar word(s): fashion, manner, mode, way
Definition categories: attribute, property
2. 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
Definition categories: communication
3. a particular kind (as to appearance)
- this style of shoe is in demand
Definition categories: thought, form, kind, sort, variety
4. the popular taste at a given time
- the 1920s had a style of their own
Definition categories: thought, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste
5. (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
Definition categories: plant
6. editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
Definition categories: communication, direction, instruction
7. distinctive and stylish elegance
Similar word(s): dash, elan, flair, panache
Definition categories: attribute, elegance
8. a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
Similar word(s): stylus
Definition categories: man–made, tool
9. a slender bristlelike or tubular process
- a cartilaginous style
Definition categories: animal, appendage, outgrowth, process
Sentences with style as a noun:
- As a dancer, he has a lot of style.
- the style of Majesty
- the anal styles of insects
- applying styles to text in a wordprocessor
- Cascading Style Sheets
verb
1. designate by an identifying term
- They styled their nation `The Confederate States'
Similar word(s): title
Definition categories: communication, call, name
2. make consistent with a certain fashion or style
- Style my hair
- style the dress
Definition categories: creation, create, make
3. make consistent with certain rules of style
- style a manuscript
Definition categories: communication, write