style

(noun, verb)

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

Similar word(s): trend, vogue

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