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style > 12 senses
NOUN1styleA particular kind (as to appearance)
2style, manner, mode, way, fashionHow something is done or how it happens
3style, expressive styleA way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
4style, dash, elan, flair, panacheDistinctive and stylish elegance
5style, vogue, trendThe popular taste at a given time
6style(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
7styleEditorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
8style, stylusA pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
9styleA slender bristlelike or tubular process
VERB1style, titleDesignate by an identifying term
2styleMake consistent with a certain fashion or style
3styleMake consistent with certain rules of style
style > pronunciation
Soundsstay'l
Rhymesaisle, argyle, argyll, and 56 more rhymes in ayl at the HyperDic website...
style > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA particular kind (as to appearance).
Examples"this style of shoe is in demand"
Broaderkind, sort, form, variety
Verbsstyle; stylize
style > noun 2, attribute
MeaningHow something is done or how it happens.
Examples"in the characteristic New York style"
Synonymsmanner, mode, way, fashion
Narrowerartistic style, idiom; drape; fit; form; life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi; setup; touch, signature; wise
Broaderproperty
Verbsstylize
style > noun 3, communication
MeaningA way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.
Examples"all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
Synonymsexpressive style
Categoryart, artistic creation, artistic production; language, linguistic communication; music
Narrowerallegory; analysis; bathos; black humor, black humour; Congorism; device; eloquence, fluency; euphuism; formulation, expression; grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric; headlinese; jargon; journalese; legalese; manner of speaking, speech, delivery; music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style; officialese; pathos; prose; rhetoric; self-expression; sesquipedality; terseness; vein; verboseness, verbosity; writing style, literary genre, genre; poetry
Broadercommunication
Verbsstylize
style > noun 4, attribute
MeaningDistinctive and stylish elegance.
Synonymsdash, elan, flair, panache
Broaderelegance
style > noun 5, cognition
MeaningThe popular taste at a given time.
Examples"the 1920s had a style of their own"
Synonymsvogue, trend
NarrowerNew Look; fashion; bandwagon
Broadertaste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
Verbsstylize
style > noun 6, plant
Meaning(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma.
Categorybotany, phytology
Part ofpistil
Partsstigma
Narrowerstylopodium
Broaderreproductive structure
Adjectiveshomostylous, homostylic, honostyled
style > noun 7, communication
MeaningEditorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display.
Broaderdirection, instruction
Verbsstyle
style > noun 8, artifact
MeaningA pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving.
Synonymsstylus
Broadertool
style > noun 9, animal
MeaningA slender bristlelike or tubular process.
Examples"a cartilaginous style"
Narrowerstylet
Broaderprocess, outgrowth, appendage
style > verb 1, communication
MeaningDesignate by an identifying term.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"
Synonymstitle
Broadername, call
style > verb 2, creation
MeaningMake consistent with a certain fashion or style.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThey style their hair
Examples"Style my hair"; "style the dress"
Categoryfashion
Narrowerpompadour
Broadermake, create
Nounsstylist, styler; style
style > verb 3, communication
MeaningMake consistent with certain rules of style.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"style a manuscript"
Broaderwrite
Nounsstyle

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