Style
[staɪl]
Definition
(noun.) a slender bristlelike or tubular process; 'a cartilaginous style'.
(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.) (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'; 'style the dress' .
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Definition
(v. t.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.
(v. t.) Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.
(v. t.) A pen; an author's pen.
(v. t.) A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
(v. t.) A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
(v. t.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.
(v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.
(v. t.) The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
(v. t.) Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.
(v. t.) Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.
(v. t.) Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.
(v. t.) Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.
(v. t.) A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
(v. t.) To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Diction, phraseology, mode of expression, mode of speech, turn of expression, manner of writing.[2]. Manner, method, mode, way, form, fashion, cast, pattern.[3]. Title, appellation, name, designation, denomination, mode of address.[4]. Gnomon (of a dial).
v. a. Denominate, name, designate, call, term, dub, christen.
Editor: Myra
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Phraseology, diction, fashion, mode, name, title,[See NONSENSE]
Edited by Kathleen
Definition
n. anything long and pointed esp. a pointed tool for engraving or writing: manner of writing mode of expressing thought in language: the distinctive manner peculiar to an author: characteristic or peculiar mode of expression and execution (in the fine arts): title: mode of address: practice esp. in a law-court: manner: form: fashion: mode of reckoning time—Old Style when the system follows the Julian calendar as still in Russia and in England before 2d September 1752; New Style when the system follows the Gregorian calendar (eleven days were omitted thus the 3d September became the 14th): the pin of a dial: (bot.) the middle portion of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma (see Pistil).—v.t. to entitle in addressing or speaking of: to name or designate.—adjs. Sty′lar pertaining to the pin of a dial; Sty′late like a style styliform.—n. Sty′let a stiletto: the perforator of a trocar a probe: a little style.—adjs. Sty′letiform shaped like a stylet; Stylif′erous having a style stylate; Sty′liform style-shaped; Sty′lish displaying style: fashionable: showy: pretending to style.—adv. Sty′lishly.—ns. Sty′lishness; Sty′list one with a distinctive and fine literary style.—adj. Stylist′ic.—adv. Stylist′ically.—adj. Sty′loid resembling a style or pen.—n. Sty′lus a style pen.
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Examples
- The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Captain Lydgate's stupidity was delicately scented, carried itself with style, talked with a good accent, and was closely related to Sir Godwin. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- From the year 1902 to 1909, the style of their motorcycle remained substantially the same in appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Aunt March likes to have us pay her the compliment of coming in style, and making a formal call. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There is nothing of the helter-skelter, slap-dash style in Edison's experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This neighbour was a tradesman in a large way of business, who lived in a very respectable style of comfort. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Therefore, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, pursuing his case in his jog-trot style, I have much to consider. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have been throwed, all sorts of styles, all my life! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To Miss Eliza Styles, At Mr. Barnet's, Saddler, Knightsbridge. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And do not the two styles, or the mixture of the two, comprehend all poetry, and every form of expression in words? Plato. The Republic.
- And shall we receive into our State all the three styles, or one only of the two unmixed styles? Plato. The Republic.
- Both in ancient and modern times the styles of shoes worn have varied greatly, fashion taking hold of them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These are in many different styles such as narrow bands looped into the edge or in the form of a button fastened through the ear. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- During the few years following some new styles of frames were invented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- With the Hanoverian Dynasty England became--as the _Times_ recently styled her--a crowned republic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Enough has been said to establish Dalton's claim to be styled a great lawgive r of chemical science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Their leaders, however, styled themselves Counts of Asia Minor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Dr. Beddoes had established what he styled a Pneumatic Institution at Clifton, the object of which was to try the medicinal effects of different gases on consumptive patients. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But Mrs., or Lady Crawley, as she styled herself, came to town at once (attended with her solicitors, Messrs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Another for styling Cassius the last of the Romans. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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