model

a simplified description of a complex entity or process

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

a type of product

• “his car was an old model”

a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

• “the president didn”

representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

something to be imitated

• “an exemplar of success”
• “a model of clarity”
• “he is the very model of a modern major general”

someone worthy of imitation

• “every child needs a role model”

a representative form or pattern

• “I profited from his example”

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

• “she was too fat to be a mannequin”

the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

plan or create according to a model or models

form in clay, wax, etc

• “model a head with clay”

assume a posture as for artistic purposes

• “We don”

display (clothes) as a mannequin

• “model the latest fashion”

create a representation or model of

• “The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights”

construct a model of

• “model an airplane”

worthy of imitation

• “exemplary behavior”
• “model citizens”