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STYLIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stylize mean?
• STYLIZE (verb)
The verb STYLIZE has 1 sense:
1. represent according to a conventional style
Familiarity information: STYLIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it stylizes Past simple: stylized
Past participle: stylized
-ing form: stylizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Represent according to a conventional style
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
conventionalize; stylise; stylize
Context example:
a stylized female head
Hypernyms (to "stylize" is one way to...):
interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
style (how something is done or how it happens)
style (the popular taste at a given time)
style (a particular kind (as to appearance))
style (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)
stylization (the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style)
Context examples
The stylized shape, of clover, having three or four leaves with or without the stem.
(Clover, NCI Thesaurus)
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