Definitions
1.NounA person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion."Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.; The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers."
2.NounA person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
3.NounA representation of a physical object."The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane.; The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom."
4.NounA simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event."machine learning model; The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane."
5.NounA style, type, or design."we service all makes and models; He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.; This year’s model features four doors instead of two.; Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It’s a Buick LaCrosse."
6.NounThe structural design of a complex system."The team developed a sound business model."
7.NounA successful example to be copied, with or without modifications."He was a model of eloquence and virtue.; British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow."
8.NounAn interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
9.NounAn interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
10.NounAn organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans."They studied fasting and glycemia in a mouse model.; They studied Mendelian inheritance in a fruit fly model.; They studied plasmid transfer in a mycobacterial model."
11.NounAny copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
12.NounIn software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
13.AdjectiveWorthy of being a model; exemplary.
14.VerbTo display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model."She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate."
15.VerbTo devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original."They modelled weather patterns using a computer."
16.VerbTo make a miniature model of."He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes."
17.VerbTo create from a substance such as clay."The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin."
18.VerbTo make a model or models.
19.VerbTo work as a model in art or fashion."The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood."