style definition

1. a particular kind (as to appearance)
• examples: this style of shoe is in demand
2. (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
3. editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
4. a slender bristlelike or tubular process
• examples: a cartilaginous style
5. designate by an identifying term
• examples: They styled their nation `The Confederate States'
6. make consistent with a certain fashion or style
• examples: Style my hair
• examples: style the dress
7. make consistent with certain rules of style
• examples: style a manuscript