Definition of: style

(stīl) noun
1. Manner of expressing thought, in writing or speaking; distinctive or characteristic form of expression: a florid style; the style of Mark Twain.
2. A good or suitable mode of expression: His writing lacks style.
3. A particular form of composition, construction, or appearance, as in art, music, etc.: the Gothic style; the American style of automobile.
4. The manner in which some action or work is performed: The horse ran in fine style.
5. A good or exemplary manner of performing: a team with style.
6. A mode of conduct or behavior; a way of living: to live in makeshift style.
7. A fashionable manner or appearance: to live in style.
8. A particular fashion in clothing.
9. A particular type or fashion suitable for or agreeable to a person: That coat is not my style.
10. Printing The conventions of typography, design, etc., observed in a given printing office.
11. The legal or official title or appellation of a person, organization, etc.
12. A stylus (in any sense).
13. The gnomon of a sundial.
14. Surg. A slender probe with a blunt point: also called stylet.
15. Bot. The prolongation of a carpel or ovary, bearing the stigma.
16. Zool. A stylet.
17. A system of arranging the length of the calendar years so as to average that of the true solar year: called New Style, when following the arrangement made by Pope Gregory XIII (Gregorian calendar) and used in nearly all Christian countries; and Old Style when following the Julian calendar. England adopted the New Style by act of Parliament in 1752. Since 1900 New Style has been 13 days later than Old Style. See synonyms under AIR¹, CUSTOM, DICTION, MANNER, NAME.
—v. styled, styl·ing v.t.
1. To name; give a title to.
2. To make consistent in typography, spelling, punctuation, etc., as copy to be printed; stylize.
—v.i.
3. In ornamentation, to use a style or stylus. ♦ Homophone: stile. [<OF <L stilus, stylus writing instrument]
—sty′lar, sty′li·form adjective
—styl′er noun