What is the meaning of style?

noun

• How something is done or how it happens.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: manner, mode, way, fashion
• 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.
  • usage: "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
  • synonyms: expressive style
• A particular kind (as to appearance. )
  • usage: "this style of shoe is in demand"
• The popular taste at a given time.
  • usage: "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
  • synonyms: vogue, trend
• Botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma. (
• Editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display.
• Distinctive and stylish elegance.
  • usage: "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
  • synonyms: dash, elan, flair, panache
• A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving.
  • usage: "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"
  • synonyms: stylus
• A slender bristlelike or tubular process.
  • usage: "a cartilaginous style"

verb

• Designate by an identifying term.
  • usage: "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"
  • synonyms: title
• Make consistent with a certain fashion or style.
  • usage: "Style my hair"; "style the dress"
• Make consistent with certain rules of style.
  • usage: "style a manuscript"