model

1. n. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. Source: opted

5. n. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. Source: opted

6. n. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist. Source: opted

7. a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband. Source: opted

8. v. t. 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. Source: opted

9. v. i. To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax. Source: opted

10. adj. worthy of imitation Source: wordnet

11. n. a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process Source: wordnet

12. n. a type of product Source: wordnet

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