to style
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3.2
- verb
- /staɪl/
:
peinar (cabello)
- I styled my hair.
- style hair
And 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
8
6.4
Make something look less natural by showing it in a simple, fixed way
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.7
A file that tells a web page how to look, for example fonts and colors
1
6.3
A type of fashion for clothes or rooms that is very elegant and of the best quality
- Specialized
1
8.6
A traditional-looking font like books from long ago with small difference between thick and thin lines
1
4.9
A way of designing buildings from a certain time or place, for example Gothic
1
5.3
Art from ancient Greece that uses balance and simple beauty, like statues and temples
1
5.8
A decorative way of designing rooms and furniture with many small details and rich colors
- 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
- Specialized
A set of rules for organising how software parts work together, like REST
- 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
- Informal
A pretty, soft look with pastel colors, floral patterns, and playful details
- 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 12-month calendar made by Julius Caesar in 46 BC with a leap day every four years
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
- Formal
A way of writing or speaking that argues strongly and makes people disagree
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
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.