Collins English-English Dictionary

model ['mɒd^əl]

1. 1. n a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc

2. 2. n (as modifier)

   a model train

3. 3. n a standard to be imitated

   she was my model for good scholarship

4. 4. n (as modifier)

   a model wife

5. 5. n a representative form, style, or pattern

6. 6. n a person who poses for a sculptor, painter, or photographer

7. 7. n a person who wears clothes to display them to prospective buyers; mannequin

8. 8. n a preparatory sculpture in clay, wax, etc, from which the finished work is copied

9. 9. n a design or style, esp one of a series of designs of a particular product

   last year's model

10. 10. n [Brit] an original unique article of clothing

11. 11. n (as modifier)

    a model coat

12. 12. n a simplified representation or description of a system or complex entity, esp one designed to facilitate calculations and predictions

13. 13. n [logic] an interpretation of a formal system under which the theorems derivable in that system are mapped onto truths

14. 14. n a theory in which a given sentence is true

15. 15. vb to make a model of (something or someone)

16. 16. vb to form in clay, wax, etc; mould

17. 17. vb to display (clothing and accessories) as a mannequin

18. 18. vb to plan or create according to a model or models

19. 19. vb to arrange studio lighting so that highlights and shadows emphasize the desired features of a human form or an inanimate object

20. 20. vb [Etymology] C16: from Old French modelle, from Italian modello, from Latin modulus, diminutive of modus mode