'Model' definitions:

Definition of 'model'

From: WordNet
adjective
Worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens" [syn: exemplary, model(a)]
noun
A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model, theoretical account, framework]
noun
A type of product; "his car was an old model"
noun
A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" [syn: model, poser]
noun
Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) [syn: model, simulation]
noun
Something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" [syn: exemplar, example, model, good example]
noun
Someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model" [syn: model, role model]
noun
A representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example" [syn: model, example]
noun
A woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model]
noun
The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) [syn: model, modelling, modeling]
verb
Plan or create according to a model or models [syn: model, pattern]
verb
Form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn: model, mold, mould]
verb
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose, sit, posture]
verb
Display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
verb
Create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: model, simulate]
verb
Construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: model, mock up]

Definition of 'Model'

From: GCIDE
  • Model \Mod"el\, n. [F. mod[`e]le, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L. modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Module.]
  • 1. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size; as, a [frac1x100] scale model of the B-52 bomber. [1913 Webster]
  • In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. --Gascoigne. [1913 Webster]
  • I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • [The application for a patent] must be accompanied by a full description of the invention, with drawings and a model where the case admits of it. --Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
  • When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the model. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. [1913 Webster]
  • He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the model of thy father's life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A person who poses as a pattern for an artist; as, the artist used his daughter as a model for an Indian maiden. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 7. A person who is employed to wear clothing for the purpose of advertising or display, or who poses with a product for the same purpose; a mannequin[1]; as, a fashion model.
  • Syn: mannequin[1]. [PJC]
  • A professional model. --H. James. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A particular version or design of an object that is made in multiple versions; as, the 1993 model of the Honda Accord; the latest model of the HP laserjet printer. For many manufactured products, the model name is encoded as part of the
  • model number.
  • Syn: modification[2]. [PJC]
  • 9. An abstract and often simplified conceptual representation of the workings of a system of objects in the real world, which often includes mathematical or logical objects and relations representing the objects and relations in the real-world system, and constructed for the purpose of explaining the workings of the system or predicting its behavior under hypothetical conditions; as, the administration's model of the United States economy predicts budget surpluses for the next fifteen years; different models of the universe assume different values for the cosmological constant; models of proton structure have grown progressively more complex in the past century. [PJC]
  • Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or is expected to do. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Model'

From: GCIDE
  • Model \Mod"el\, a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Model'

From: GCIDE
  • Model \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeledor Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Modeling or Modelling.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Model'

From: GCIDE
  • Model \Mod"el\, v. i. (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'model'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Model'