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Adjective model has 1 sense
  1. exemplary, model - worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
    Antonym: unworthy (indirect, via worthy)
,Noun model has 9 senses
  1. model, theoretical account, framework - a simplified description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"
    --1 is a kind of hypothesis, possibility, theory
    --1 has particulars:
     simulation, computer simulation; mean sun; Copernican system; Ptolemaic system; stochastic process
    Derived forms: verb model5, verb model1
  2. model - a type of product; "his car was an old model"
    --2 is a kind of     kind, sort, form, variety
  3. model, poser - 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"
    --3 is a kind of assistant, helper, help, supporter
    --3 has particulars:
     artist's model, sitter; dressmaker's model; photographer's model
    Derived form: verb model3
  4. model, simulation - representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
    --4 is a kind of representation
    --4 has particulars:
     figure; globe; mock-up; planetarium; restoration; roughcast
    Derived forms: verb model6, verb model2, verb model1
  5. exemplar, example, model, good example - something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
    --5 is a kind of ideal
    --5 has particulars:
     beauty, beaut; pacesetter, pacemaker; pattern; prodigy
  6. model, role model - someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"
    --6 is a kind of leader
    --6 has particulars:
     ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch; trend-setter, taste-maker, fashion arbiter
  7. model, example - a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"
    --7 is a kind of representation, mental representation, internal representation
    --7 has particulars:
     lodestar, loadstar; prototype, paradigm, epitome, image; type specimen, holotype; microcosm; original, archetype, pilot; template, templet, guide; prefiguration
    Derived form: verb model1
  8. mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model - a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
    --8 is a kind of assistant, helper, help, supporter
    --8 has particulars: supermodel
    Derived form: verb model4
  9. model, modelling, modeling - the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
    --9 is a kind of representation
    --9 has particulars: simulation
    Derived forms: verb model6, verb model2, verb model1
,Verb model has 6 senses
  1. model, pattern - plan or create according to a model or models
    --1 is one way to imitate, copy, simulate
    Derived forms: noun model9, noun model7, noun model4, noun model1, noun modeller1, noun modeler1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. model, mold, mould - form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"
    --2 is one way to shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
    Derived forms: noun model9, noun model4, noun modelling1, noun modeling1, noun modeling2
    Sample sentence:
    Did he model his major works over a short period of time?
  3. model, pose, sit, posture - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
    --3 is one way to expose, exhibit, display
    Derived form: noun model3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. model - display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
    --4 is one way to     expose, exhibit, display
    Derived form: noun model8
    Sample sentence:
    They model the cape
  5. model, simulate - create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"
    --5 is one way to re-create
    Derived form: noun model1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  6. model, mock up - construct a model of; "model an airplane"
    --6 is one way to represent, interpret
    Derived forms: noun model4, noun model9, noun modeller1, noun modeler1, noun modelling2, noun modeling3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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