Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pattern \Pat"tern\, n. (Gun.)
   A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a
   shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of
   fire.

Pattern \Pat"tern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patterned}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Patterning}.]
   1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something
      that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
      --Milton.

            [A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in
            Paradise.                             --Sir T.
                                                  Herbert.

   2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

   {To pattern after}, to imitate; to follow.

Pattern \Pat"tern\, n. [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a
   pattern. See {Patron}.]
   1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an
      exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied
      or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

            I will be the pattern of all patience. --Shak.

   2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a
      specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

            He compares the pattern with the whole piece.
                                                  --Swift.

   3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.

   4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a
      beautiful pattern.

   5. Something made after a model; a copy. --Shak.

            The patterns of things in the heavens. --Heb. ix.
                                                  23.

   6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or
      forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.

   7. (Founding) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand
      is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made
      of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the
      mold without injuring it.

Source : WordNet®

pattern
     n 1: a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems
          for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must
          include not only objects but the spaces between them"
          [syn: {form}, {shape}]
     2: a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their
        practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their
        dietary pattern" [syn: {practice}]
     3: a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on
        the doors" [syn: {design}, {figure}]
     4: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention
        of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule
        not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
        [syn: {convention}, {normal}, {rule}, {formula}]
     5: a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American
        constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
     6: something intended as a guide for making something else; "a
        blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" [syn: {blueprint},
         {design}]
     7: the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is
        preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns
        around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the
        pattern until the fog lifted" [syn: {traffic pattern}, {approach
        pattern}]
     8: graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates)
        of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna
        as a function of angle [syn: {radiation pattern}, {radiation
        diagram}]
     v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn: {model}]
     2: form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we
        studied before"