Collins English-English Dictionary

style [staɪl]

1. 1. n a form of appearance, design, or production; type or make

   a new style of house

2. 2. n the way in which something is done

   good or bad style

3. 3. n the manner in which something is expressed or performed, considered as separate from its intrinsic content, meaning, etc

4. 4. n a distinctive, formal, or characteristic manner of expression in words, music, painting, etc

5. 5. n elegance or refinement of manners, dress, etc

6. 6. n prevailing fashion in dress, looks, etc

7. 7. n a fashionable or ostentatious mode of existence

   to live in style

8. 8. n the particular mode of orthography, punctuation, design, etc, followed in a book, journal, etc, or in a printing or publishing house

9. 9. n [chiefly Brit] the distinguishing title or form of address of a person or firm

10. 10. n [botany] the stalk of a carpel, bearing the stigma

11. 11. n [zoology] a slender pointed structure, such as the piercing mouthparts of certain insects

12. 12. n a method of expressing or calculating dates - See Old Style New Style

13. 13. n another word for stylus

14. 14. n the arm of a sundial

15. 15. vb [mainly tr] to design, shape, or tailor

    to style hair

16. 16. vb to adapt or make suitable (for)

17. 17. vb to make consistent or correct according to a printing or publishing style

18. 18. vb to name or call; designate

    to style a man a fool

19. 19. vi. [intr] to decorate objects using a style or stylus

20. 20. vi. [Etymology] C13: from Latin stylus, stilus writing implement, hence characteristics of the writing, style