style

Sense 1 noun

how something is done or how it happens

her dignified manner

Sense 2 verb

designate by an identifying term

They styled their nation `The Confederate States'

Sense 3 noun

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

Sense 4 verb

make consistent with a certain fashion or style

Style my hair

Sense 5 noun

a particular kind (as to appearance)

this style of shoe is in demand

Sense 6 verb

make consistent with certain rules of style

style a manuscript

Sense 7 noun

the popular taste at a given time

leather is the latest vogue

Sense 8 noun

(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

Sense 9 noun

editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display

Sense 10 noun

distinctive and stylish elegance

he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer

Sense 11 noun

a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus

Sense 12 noun

a slender bristlelike or tubular process

a cartilaginous style