1. (

• manner ,
• mode ,
• style ,
• way ,
• fashion

) 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" ;

2. (

• expressive_style ,
• 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" ;

3. (

• style ,

) a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand" ;

4. (

• vogue ,
• trend ,
• 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" ;

5. (

• style

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

6. (

• style ,

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

7. (

• dash ,
• elan ,
• flair ,
• panache ,
• style ,

) distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" ;

8. (

• stylus ,
• style

) a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" ;

9. (

• style

) a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style" ;

1. (

• style ,
• title ,

) designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'" ;

2. (

• style

) make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" ;

3. (

• style ,

) make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript" ;