model (
http://definr.com/model)
adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
[syn:
exemplary,
model(a)]
2: of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an
experimental drug"; "a pilot project"; "a test run"; "a
trial separation" [syn:
experimental,
model(a),
pilot(a),
test(a),
trial(a)]
n 1: a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the
circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: {theoretical
account},
framework]
2: a type of product; "his car was an old model"
3: 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:
poser]
4: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
[syn:
simulation]
5: 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,
good example]
6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role
model" [syn:
role model]
7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his
example" [syn:
example]
8: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
fat to be a mannequin" [syn:
mannequin,
manikin,
mannikin,
manakin,
fashion model]
9: a representation of something (usually on a smaller scale)
[syn:
modelling,
modeling]
v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn:
pattern]
2: form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn:
mold,
mould]
3: as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed
for Leonardo so often" [syn:
pose,
sit,
posture]
4: display as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
5: enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of
Princeton" [syn:
reenact,
simulate]
6: construct a model of [syn:
mock up]