model
model is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. [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. When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the model. Shak.
- 2.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.
- 3.That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South.
- 4.Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the model of thy father's life. Shak.
- 5.A person who poses as a pattern to an artist. A professional model. H. James. Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or expected to do.
- 6.Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
- 7.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.
- 8.To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- adviser
- among
- anaglyph
- anaglyptic
- and
- angel
- apostle
- bear
- benefactor
- brick
- bronze
- cameo
- carve
- carving
- cast
- ceramic
- ceroplastic
- chalk
- china
- chisel
- clergy
- cloisonne
- coach
- community
- copy
- cotta
- crammer
- cut
- dame
- demigod
- diamond
- director
- disciplinarian
- dominie
- don
- dry
- duckling
- duenna
- earth
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is model.
- What is 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 called?
- What is that by which a thing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South called?
- What is any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the model of thy father's life. Shak called?
- What is suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband called?
- What is to make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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