1. • noun - a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
   • noun - a type of product
   • noun - a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
   • noun - representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
   • noun - something to be imitated
   • noun - someone worthy of imitation
   • noun - a representative form or pattern
   • noun - a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
   • noun - the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
   • verb - plan or create according to a model or models
   • verb - form in clay, wax, etc
   • verb - assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   • verb - display (clothes) as a mannequin
   • verb - create a representation or model of
   • verb - construct a model of
   • adj - worthy of imitation
2. • A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.
   • A preliminary work or construction that serves as a plan from which a final product is to be made: a clay model ready for casting.
   • Such a work or construction used in testing or perfecting a final product: a test model of a solar-powered vehicle.
   • A schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics: a model of generative grammar; a model of an atom; an economic model.
   • A style or design of an item: My car is last year’s model.
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   • One that serves as the subject for an artist, especially a person employed to pose for a painter, sculptor, or photographer.
   • A person employed to display merchandise, such as clothing or cosmetics.
   • An animal whose appearance is copied by a mimic.
   • To make or construct a model of.
   • To plan, construct, or fashion according to a model.
   • To make conform to a chosen standard: He modeled his manners on his father’s.
   • To make by shaping a plastic substance: model clay.
   • To display by wearing or posing.
   • In painting, drawing, and photography, to give a three-dimensional appearance to, as by shading or highlighting.
   • To make a model.
   • To serve as a model.
   • Being, serving as, or used as a model.
   • Worthy of imitation: a model child.
3. • v - to plan or form after a pattern

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