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style ( P ) Pronunciation Key (stl)
n.
The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.
The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
Sort; type: a style of furniture.
A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style.
A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style.
A mode of living: the style of the very rich.
The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.
A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See Synonyms at fashion.
A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement.
A form of address; a title.
An implement used for etching or engraving.
A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.
The needle of a phonograph.
The gnomon of a sundial.
Botany. The usually slender part of a pistil, situated between the ovary and the stigma.
Zoology. A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process: a cartilaginous style.
Medicine. A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.
Obsolete. A pen.
tr.v. styled, styl·ing, styles
To call or name; designate: George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor.
To make consistent with rules of style: style a manuscript.
To give style to: style hair.
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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin stylus, stilus, spike, pointed instrument used for writing, style. See stylus.]
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styler n.
styling n.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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style
see cramp someone's style; go out (of style); in fashion (style).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
style
n 1: a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand" 2: 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" [syn: manner, mode, way, fashion] 3: 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" [syn: expressive style] 4: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan, flair, panache] 5: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" [syn: vogue, trend] 6: (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma 7: editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display 8: a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" [syn: stylus] 9: a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style" v 1: designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'" [syn: title] 2: make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" 3: make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript"
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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