Definitions of style:

• noun:   a slender bristlelike or tubular process

  Example: "A cartilaginous style"

• noun:   a particular kind (as to appearance)

  Example: "This style of shoe is in demand"

• noun:   editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
• noun:   (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
• noun:   a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
• noun:   a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period

  Example: "All the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

• noun:   how something is done or how it happens

  Example: "In the characteristic New York style"

• noun:   the popular taste at a given time

  Example: "The 1920s had a style of their own"

• noun:   distinctive and stylish elegance
• verb:   make consistent with certain rules of style

  Example: "Style a manuscript"

• verb:   designate by an identifying term

  Example: "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"

• verb:   make consistent with a certain fashion or style

  Example: "Style my hair"

• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #49164)