Dictionary Entry
style
style is a 5-letter English word with 26 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 26 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.
- 3transitive verb
A pen; an author's pen.
- 4transitive verb
A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
- 5transitive verb
A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
- 6transitive verb
A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.
- 7transitive verb
The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.
- 8transitive verb
The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
- 9transitive verb
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.
- 10transitive verb
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.
- 11transitive verb
Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.
- 12transitive verb
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.
- 13transitive verb
A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
- 14transitive verb
To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.
- 15noun
a slender bristlelike or tubular process
"a cartilaginous style"
- 16noun
a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
"he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"
Synonyms
- 17noun
distinctive and stylish elegance
"he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
- 18noun
how something is done or how it happens
"her dignified manner"
"his rapid manner of talking"
- 19noun
the popular taste at a given time
"leather is the latest vogue"
"he followed current trends"
- 20noun
a particular kind (as to appearance)
"this style of shoe is in demand"
- 21noun
editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
- 22noun
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"
- 23noun
(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
- 24verb
make consistent with certain rules of style
"style a manuscript"
- 25verb
designate by an identifying term
"They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"
Synonyms
- 26verb
make consistent with a certain fashion or style
"Style my hair"
"style the dress"
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