to style
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3.2
- verb
- /staɪl/
- I styled my hair.
- style hair
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then I'm just going to style it into a little space bun.
- And then I'm just going to style it into a little space bun.
- And then finally, I just thought I'd show you guys how I will style my glossy Phaedrus.
- OK and here is the cami styled up with jeans.
- But anyways, if I style myself, this is what I'm wearing.
- So I'm going to see what I can style this with.
- We need to purchase and style two whole outfits from both shops.
- They get a lady to style them up, put them in clothes.
- So I can't wait to style this plain black romper here.
- So it's it's funny because it wasn't like styled in any way.
- more so than that, I'm excited to style it with like
- Like some people wear their clothes, I style my clothes.
- Then I'll give you tips or or kind of tricks to style for your body shape.
Examples
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The men wore wide-brimmed hats and styled their hair in long, thin locks around their temples.
Fiction book (1993) -
I think girls can style miniskirts to look really cute.
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And instead of just playing your note, style the note.
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OK, iron your clothes, you know, style your models.
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Humans use these babies to style their hair.
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I dressed slowly, taking time to put on makeup and to style my hair with a little gel.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then I'm just going to style it into a little space bun.
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I even styled my hair in little braids like you did.
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I had my hair styled and my nails manicured each and every day.
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She loves to style her hair in loose curls for special occasions.
Synonyms
2
6.4
Make something look less natural by showing it in a simple, fixed way
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
5
3.7
A file that tells a web page how to look, for example fonts and colors
3
6.3
A type of fashion for clothes or rooms that is very elegant and of the best quality
2
4.9
A way of designing buildings from a certain time or place, for example Gothic
1
5.8
A decorative way of designing rooms and furniture with many small details and rich colors
1
5.3
Art from ancient Greece that uses balance and simple beauty, like statues and temples
- Informal
1
7.3
A pretty, soft look with pastel colors, floral patterns, and playful details
- Specialized
1
6.2
A set of rules for organising how software parts work together, like REST
1
9.4
A 12-month calendar made by Julius Caesar in 46 BC with a leap day every four years
1
7.6
The calendar most countries use today that fixed the Julian calendar's drift
- Specialized
1
8.6
A traditional-looking font like books from long ago with small difference between thick and thin lines
- Formal
1
8.6
A way of writing or speaking that argues strongly and makes people disagree
- Specialized
A simple, elegant style of furniture and paintings from early 1800s Germany and Austria
A style of animation that uses simple shapes, expressive faces, and a playful look
- Literature
A witty, bold way of writing that uses surprising ideas and strong argument
- Slur
A way of dressing with showy clothes and big jewellery often worn by young working-class people
- Slur
A performance style that uses offensive racial stereotypes about Black people
- Archaic
A way of writing that follows strict rules and lacks creative feeling
A style of dress for young girls with small, pretty details like a doll's clothes
- Offensive
A planned killing of someone at close range in a controlled way
- Literature
To give people a lot of information very quickly to overwhelm or confuse them
- Slur
A way of dressing seen as quirky or unfashionable and suggesting someone recently moved from East Asia
- Formal
A system where one person has almost all power and makes decisions alone
- Jargon
A way of dressing with tracksuits and sneakers linked to Eastern European street culture
Thick sideburns that grow down the cheeks and join along the jaw, with no mustache
A type of salmon lightly cured in salt water, usually less salty and sometimes made with sugar
- Specialized
A traditional set of printed letters with small slanted ends and mostly even line thickness
A fixed, simple way of doing creative work that leaves little room for new ideas
A type of English Gothic building style from the 1300s with tall vertical lines, Tudor arches, and fan-shaped ceilings
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Etymology
The verb style comes from the noun style and the old root stylus, so to 'style' someone or something is to give them a particular 'look' or way of arranging things. That is why you can 'style' hair, clothes, or a page: you give them a chosen appearance.