Word Meaning

model definition and meaning

n. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
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. 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.
n. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
n. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
n. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.
a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
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.
v. i. To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.

Crossword clues for model

- A poser
- a representation of something
- Cat-walk performer
- catwalk strutter
- Catwalk user
- Designer garment or replica?
- designer's garment mockup
- Display clothes by wearing them
- Elle Macpherson is one
- Fashion
- Good example
- Mannequin
- Mock up
- Naomi Campbell is one
- Perfect
- Perfect display
- Replica
- Standard of excellence
- Standard of perfection
- Statuette
- Template
- Typical