Definition of styles Styles
/stajˈlz/ - [staylz] -
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- styles (Noun)
Plural of style.
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| style - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma | ||
| reproductive structure the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction | ||
| pistil the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma | ||
| phytology, botany the branch of biology that studies plants | ||
| stylopodium an enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae | ||
| stigma a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease | ||
| style - a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand" | ||
| kind, sort, variety, form a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" | ||
| style - editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display | ||
| instruction, direction (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | ||
| style - a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style" | ||
| appendage, outgrowth, process a part that is joined to something larger | ||
| 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" | ||
| expressive style | ||
| communication something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | ||
| linguistic communication, language the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" | ||
| 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" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| allegory an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | ||
| analysis an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | ||
| 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 any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" | ||
| 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 an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology | ||
| flatness the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | ||
| formulation, expression the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" | ||
| grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" | ||
| 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" | ||
| music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre an expressive style of music | ||
| officialese the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure | ||
| pathos a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" | ||
| prose ordinary writing as distinguished from verse | ||
| rhetoric study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) | ||
| saltiness, coarseness the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution) | ||
| self-expression the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) | ||
| sesquipedality using long words | ||
| 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 one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | ||
| verboseness, verbosity an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words | ||
| literary genre, writing style, genre a style of expressing yourself in writing | ||
| 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" | ||
| manner, mode, way, fashion | ||
| property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" | ||
| artistic style, idiom the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" | ||
| drape a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination | ||
| fit the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat" | ||
| form a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation" | ||
| life-style, life style, lifestyle, modus vivendi a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes | ||
| setup the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" | ||
| signature, touch a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book | ||
| wise a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise" | ||
| 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" | ||
| vogue, trend | ||
| perceptiveness, appreciation, discernment, taste the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding | ||
| 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 characteristic or habitual practice | ||
| style - distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" | ||
| dash, elan, flair, panache | ||
| elegance a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" | ||
| style - a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" | ||
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| style - make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| fashion characteristic or habitual practice | ||
| pompadour style women's hair in a pompadour | ||
| style - make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript" | ||
| write communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" | ||
| style - designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'" | ||
| title | ||
| name, call mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!" | ||
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Wiktionary
- style (Noun)
A manner of doing things, especially in a fashionable one. - style (Noun)
The stalk that connects the stigmas to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. - style (Noun)
A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post. - style (Noun)
A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post. - style (Noun)
stylus. - style (Verb)
To create or give a style, fashion or image. - style (Verb)
To call or give a name or title.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- style (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. - style (v. t.)
Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use. - style (v. t.)
A pen; an author's pen. - style (v. t.)
A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver. - style (v. t.)
A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument. - style (v. t.)
A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects. - style (v. t.)
The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon. - style (v. t.)
The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil. - style (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. - style (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. - style (v. t.)
Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion. - style (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. - style (v. t.)
A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars. - style (v. t.)
To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character. -
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The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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style
stīl, 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. [Fr.,—L. stilus.]
