model

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a type of product

   The car was an old model.

2. 2
   noun

   a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

   the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems

3. 3
   noun

   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

4. 4
   noun

   someone worthy of imitation

   every child needs a role model

5. 5
   verb

   form in clay, wax, etc

   model a head with clay

6. 6
   verb

   construct a model of

   model an airplane

7. 7
   verb

   display clothes as a mannequin

   They were asked to model the latest fashion.

8. 8
   noun

   A 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.

Etymology

From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.