style

designate by an identifying term

“They styled their nation `The Confederate States'”

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

make consistent with a certain fashion or style

“style the dress”

make consistent with certain rules of style

“style a manuscript”

the popular taste at a given time

“the 1920s had a style of their own”

distinctive and stylish elegance

a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

how something is done or how it happens

“in the characteristic New York 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”

a particular kind (as to appearance)

“this style of shoe is in demand”

a slender bristlelike or tubular process

“a cartilaginous style”