style
/staɪl/ verb C1- To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style).
- To call or give a name or title to. · The pope is styled His or Your Holiness.
- To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
- To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
He/she/it styles · Past styled · Past participle styled · -ing form styling
Verb forms
- Base form
- style
- He/she/it
- styles
- Past
- styled
- Past participle
- styled
- -ing form
- styling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Diana did Anne’s front hair in the new pompadour style and Anne tied Diana’s bows with the especial knack she possessed; and they experimented with at least half a dozen different ways of arranging their back hair.
“I don’t fancy her style myself,” admitted Marilla, “but it’s that or keeping her ourselves, Matthew.
I was still annoyed at his bumptious style of conversation.
I felt rather indignant at having two characters whom I had admired treated in this cavalier style.
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