modeled

mod·el  (mdl)

n.

1. A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.

2.

a. A preliminary work or construction that serves as a plan from which a final product is to be made: a clay model ready for casting.

b. Such a work or construction used in testing or perfecting a final product: a test model of a solar-powered vehicle.

3. A schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics: a model of generative grammar; a model of an atom; an economic model.

4. A style or design of an item: My car is last year's model.

5. One serving as an example to be imitated or compared: a model of decorum. See Synonyms at ideal.

6. One that serves as the subject for an artist, especially a person employed to pose for a painter, sculptor, or photographer.

7. A person employed to display merchandise, such as clothing or cosmetics.

8. Zoology An animal whose appearance is copied by a mimic.

v. mod·eled also mod·elled, mod·el·ing also mod·el·ling, mod·els also mod·els

v.tr.

1. To make or construct a model of.

2. To plan, construct, or fashion according to a model.

3. To make conform to a chosen standard: He modeled his manners on his father's.

4.

a. To make by shaping a plastic substance: modeled a bust from clay.

b. To form (clay, for example) into a shape.

5. To display by wearing or posing.

6. In painting, drawing, and photography, to give a three-dimensional appearance to, as by shading or highlighting.

v.intr.

1. To make a model.

2. To serve or work as a model.

adj.

1. Being, serving as, or used as a model.

2. Worthy of imitation: a model child.

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[French modèle, from Italian modello, diminutive of modo, form, from Latin modus, measure, standard; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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model·er n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

modeled - resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies" sculpturesque, sculptural, sculptured shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs"