model

Adjective

• worthy of imitation
  • exemplary behavior
    
  • model citizens
    

Noun

• the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

• a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
  • she was too fat to be a mannequin
    

• a representative form or pattern
  • I profited from his example
    

• someone worthy of imitation
  • every child needs a role model
    

• something to be imitated
  • an exemplar of success
    
  • a model of clarity
    
  • he is the very model of a modern major general
    

• representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

• 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
    

• a type of product
  • his car was an old model
    

• a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  • the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems
    

Verb

• construct a model of
  • model an airplane
    

• create a representation or model of
  • The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights
    

• display (clothes) as a mannequin
  • model the latest fashion
    

• assume a posture as for artistic purposes
  • We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
    

• form in clay, wax, etc
  • model a head with clay
    

• plan or create according to a model or models

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  exemplary , model(a) , modelling , modeling , mannequin , manikin , mannikin , manakin , fashion model , example , role model , exemplar , good example , simulation , poser , theoretical account , framework , mock up , simulate , pose , sit , posture , mold , mould , pattern