- (n.) Something intended to serve or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine.
- (n.) A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.
- (n.) Any copy or resemblance, more or less exact.
- (n.) That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
- (n.) A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
- (v.i.) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
- (v.t.) To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
- (a.) Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
- (n.) Anything which serves or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue or behavior.
Forms and Model
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process.
- usage: "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"
- synonyms: theoretical account, framework
- A type of product.
- usage: "his car was an old model"
- A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor.
- usage: "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos"
- synonyms: poser
- Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale.
- synonyms: simulation
- Something to be imitated.
- usage: "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
- synonyms: exemplar, example, good example
- Someone worthy of imitation.
- usage: "every child needs a role model"
- synonyms: role model
- A representative form or pattern.
- usage: "I profited from his example"
- synonyms: example
- A woman who wears clothes to display fashions.
- usage: "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
- synonyms: mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model
- The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale.
verb
- Plan or create according to a model or models.
- synonyms: pattern
- Form in clay, wax, etc.
- usage: "model a head with clay"
- Assume a posture as for artistic purposes.
- usage: "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
- Display (clothes) as a mannequin.
- usage: "model the latest fashion"
- Create a representation or model of.
- usage: "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"
- synonyms: simulate
- Construct a model of.
- usage: "model an airplane"
- synonyms: mock up
adjective
- Worthy of imitation.
- usage: "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
- synonyms: exemplary
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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