(n.) A miniature representation of a thing, with the several
parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
(n.) Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern
of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an
ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture;
the inventor's model of a machine.
(n.) Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for
imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American
constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.
(n.) That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
(n.) Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
(n.) A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.
(a.) Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model
house; a model husband.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms;
as, to model in wax.
