Word Games Pro Dictionary
style
a slender bristlelike or tubular process
Quick reference
Word Facts
How it sounds
Pronunciation
Listen
Audio Pronunciation
Audio pronunciation is unavailable for this word.
Meaning
Definitions
noun
a slender bristlelike or tubular process
“a cartilaginous style”
noun
a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
“he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus”
noun
distinctive and stylish elegance
“he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer”
noun
how something is done or how it happens
“her dignified manner”
noun
the popular taste at a given time
“leather is the latest vogue”
noun
a particular kind (as to appearance)
“this style of shoe is in demand”
noun
editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
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
“all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper”
noun
(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
verb
make consistent with certain rules of style
“style a manuscript”
verb
designate by an identifying term
“They styled their nation ‘The Confederate States’”
verb
make consistent with a certain fashion or style
“Style my hair”
In context
Example Sentences
a cartilaginous style
he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
her dignified manner
his rapid manner of talking
their nomadic mode of existence
in the characteristic New York style
a lonely way of life
leather is the latest vogue
he followed current trends
the 1920s had a style of their own
this style of shoe is in demand
all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
style a manuscript
They styled their nation ‘The Confederate States’
Style my hair
style the dress
Similar words