Noun
1. a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"2. a type of product;
"his car was an old model"3. 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. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
5. something to be imitated;
"an exemplar of success""a model of clarity""he is the very model of a modern major general"6. someone worthy of imitation;
"every child needs a role model"7. a representative form or pattern;
"I profited from his example"8. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions;
"she was too fat to be a mannequin"9. the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
Verb
1. plan or create according to a model or models
2. form in clay, wax, etc;
"model a head with clay"3. assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"4. display (clothes) as a mannequin;
"model the latest fashion"5. create a representation or model of;
"The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"6. construct a model of;
"model an airplane"