style (st l)n.1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing. 2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era. 3. Sort; type: a style of furniture. 4. A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style. 5. a. A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style. b. A mode of living: the style of the very rich. 6. a. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue. b. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See Synonyms at fashion. 7. A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement. 8. A form of address; a title. 9. a. An implement used for etching or engraving. b. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets. 10. The needle of a phonograph. 11. The gnomon of a sundial. 12. Botany The usually slender part of a pistil, situated between the ovary and the stigma. 13. Zoology A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process: a cartilaginous style. 14. Medicine A surgical probing instrument; a stylet. 15. Obsolete A pen. tr.v. styled, styl·ing, styles 1. To call or name; designate: George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor. 2. To make consistent with rules of style: style a manuscript. 3. To give style to: style hair.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin stylus, stilus, spike, pointed instrument used for writing, style; see stylus.]
styl er n. styling n. |
style Noun 1. a form of appearance, design, or production: I like that style of dress 2. the way in which something is done: a new style of command 3. elegance or refinement of manners and dress: he has bags of style 4. a distinctive manner of expression in words, music, painting, etc.: a painting in the Expressionist style 5. popular fashion in dress and looks: the old ones had gone out of style 6. a fashionable or showy way of life: the newly rich could dine in style 7. the particular kind of spelling, punctuation, and design followed in a book, journal, or publishing house 8. Bot the stemlike part of a flower that bears the stigma Verb [styling, styled] 1. to design, shape, or tailor: neatly styled hair 2. to name or call: Walsh, who styled himself the Memory Man [Latin stilus writing implement]
style (stl) The slender part of a flower pistil, extending from the ovary to the stigma. The pollen tube grows through the style delivering the pollen nuclei to the ovary. See more at flowerpollination |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  style - 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"property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" drape - the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" fit - the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat" form - a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" setup - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" signature, touch - a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch" wise - a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise" response - the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals | | 2. |  style - 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"communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" allegory - an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner analysis - the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' bathos - triteness or triviality of style black humor, black humour - the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect device - something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect eloquence, fluency, smoothness - powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" euphuism - any artificially elegant style of language flatness - a want of animation or brilliance; "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style" formulation, expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" headlinese - using the abbreviated style of headline writers jargon - specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject journalese - the style in which newspapers are written legalese - a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" officialese - the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure pathos - a style that has the power to evoke feelings prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression rhetoric - using language effectively to please or persuade coarseness, saltiness - language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre" self-expression - the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) terseness - a neatly short and concise expressive style turn of expression, turn of phrase - a distinctive spoken or written expression; "John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea" vein - a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes" poetry - any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling | | 3. |  style - a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand"kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" | | 4. |  style - the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" New Look - a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior bandwagon - a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon" | | 5. | style - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigmapistil - the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma stylopodium - an enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae stigma - the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil corn silk, cornsilk - each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn | | 6. | style - editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical displayinstruction, direction - a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" | | 7. |  style - distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" | | 8. | style - a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation | | 9. | style - a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style"stylet - small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" | | Verb | 1. | style - designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" | | 2. | style - make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress"fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior pompadour - style women's hair in a pompadour create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" | | 3. | style - make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript"write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" |
style noun 2. elegance, taste, chic, flair, polish, grace, dash, sophistication, refinement, panache, élan, cosmopolitanism, savoir-faire, smartness, urbanity, stylishness, bon ton ( French) fashionableness, dressiness ( informal) noun 4. type, sort, kind, spirit, pattern, variety, appearance, tone, strain, category, characteristic, genre, tenor  Translations
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style [staɪl] n → estilo (= fashion); moda; [of dress etc] → hechura (= hair style); corte m;
style [staɪl] n → style m [of dress etc]; genre m (= distinction); allure f, cachet m, style (= design); modèle m;
style [staɪl] n → Stil m;
style [staɪl] n → stile m (= distinction); eleganza, classe f (= hair style); pettinatura; [of dress etc] → modello, linea;
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