Noun

1. How something is done or how it happens
2. A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
3. A particular kind (as to appearance)
4. The popular taste at a given time
5. (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
6. Editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
7. Distinctive and stylish elegance
8. A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
9. A slender bristlelike or tubular process

Verb

1. Designate by an identifying term
2. Make consistent with a certain fashion or style
3. Make consistent with certain rules of style