Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Model \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modeled}or {Modelled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Modeling} or {Modelling}.] [Cf. F. modeler, It.
modellare.]
To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a
model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to
model a house or a government; to model an edifice according
to the plan delineated.
Source : WordNet®
model
v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn: {pattern}]
2: form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn: {mold},
{mould}]
3: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know
the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: {pose}, {sit},
{posture}]
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" [syn: {simulate}]
6: construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: {mock up}]
[also: {modelling}, {modelled}]
modelling
n 1: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished
work can be copied [syn: {modeling}, {molding}, {moulding}]
2: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
scale) [syn: {model}, {modeling}]
model
n 1: a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the
circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: {theoretical
account}, {framework}]
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" [syn: {poser}]
4: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
[syn: {simulation}]
5: something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model
of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major
general" [syn: {exemplar}, {example}, {good example}]
6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role
model" [syn: {role model}]
7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his
example" [syn: {example}]
8: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
fat to be a mannequin" [syn: {mannequin}, {manikin}, {mannikin},
{manakin}, {fashion model}]
9: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
scale) [syn: {modelling}, {modeling}]
[also: {modelling}, {modelled}]
model
adj : worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
[syn: {exemplary}, {model(a)}]
[also: {modelling}, {modelled}]
modelling
See {model}
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
modelling
{model}