model
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- n a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems - n a type of product
his car was an old model - n 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 - n representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- n something to be imitated
a model of clarity
he is the very model of a modern major general - n someone worthy of imitation
every child needs a role model - n a representative form or pattern
- n a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- n the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- v plan or create according to a model or models
- v form in clay, wax, etc
model a head with clay - v assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- v display (clothes) as a mannequin
model the latest fashion - v create a representation or model of
- v construct a model of
model an airplane - s worthy of imitation
model citizens
- Let the beautiful-but-emaciated beware: there will be no ultra-skinny models sauntering down the runway at this year's Pasarela Cibeles, Spain's most important fashion event.
- As clothes became less flashy--as Versace gave way to Prada--designers turned to models who were less glamorous, so they wouldn't overpower the clothing.
- Don't blame the models for being too thin.