Noun : patterns of frost on the window. ,a new pattern of army helmet. ,the behavior patterns of teenagers. ,Our constitution has been a pattern for those of many new republics. ,a paper pattern for a dress. From Dictionary.com.
In other news, why am I not surprised that Vanessa has a hein patterned bedspread in her dorm room?. From Wordnik.com. ['Gossip Girl' recap: Chuck and Blair try to outbid and outbed | EW.com] Reference
I've even seen him practice yoga in Hawaiian patterned swim trunks the ones that clash with his flowered shirt. From Wordnik.com. [souffler - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Collectively known as patterned ground, these surface features resemble circles, polygons, nets, steps, and stripes. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Each member of the group adopted a stage name patterned after Manson's, a female icon's name crossed with a serial killer's. From Wordnik.com. [Darkfaery Subculture Magazine - daily updated lifestyle - darkfaery-subculture.com] Reference
Dress code: The kind of patterned shirt that might occasion a warning to viewers were they ever worn during a TV programme. From Wordnik.com. [Jackson Browne with David Lindley at Glastonbury 2010] Reference
I like to study other filmmakers 'work who I admire, so the war room scene we kind of patterned after Dr. Strangelove visually. From Wordnik.com. [Follow-Up Interview: Get Smart's Director Pete Segal « FirstShowing.net] Reference
Doing so requires the use of spatial cues, such as patterned posters or photos, positioned all around the water tank. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
In the Far North, you’ll also find sedge meadows bordering bogs in a complex landscape known as patterned peatlands. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
That's called patterned bargaining. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2007] Reference
"patterned" after each other, meaning the weaker companies had to give union workers the same deal as the strongest company. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"patterned" after a liberal and occasionally self-willed model, else whence came the spice of independence in the little Mary's character?. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Accident and Other Stories] Reference
"I kind of patterned them on schoolmasters, those two. From Wordnik.com. [Ottawa Sun] Reference
Also, note that solid sheets are softer than patterned ones. From Wordnik.com. [Home: A Better Bedtime] Reference
I drape mykeffiyehover his heels, making two patterned hills. From Wordnik.com. [from MLKNG SCKLS] Reference
If the work sounds predictable and patterned, it really isn't. From Wordnik.com. [The Business of Ken Burns - America's Storyteller] Reference
Most common is group therapy, which is patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous. From Wordnik.com. [The Incorrigibles] Reference
She noticed that her crimson lipstick had smudged the rose patterned sheets. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Digger] Reference
A black veil of a scarf, patterned with black flowers, connoting romance; mystery. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Sisko Carter: Why French Women Wear Scarves] Reference
One mother squeals as her baby wobbles toward her in pink rose-patterned sneakers. From Wordnik.com. [Westfield] Reference
The products have rain forest patterned fabric and artwork and bear the Fisher-Price logo. From Wordnik.com. [200,000 Simplicity play yards recalled by Fisher Price] Reference
For antique or intricately patterned silver, a store-bought silver cleaner might work better. From Wordnik.com. [Homemade cleaners can save you money] Reference
GROSS: Gabe, would you describe the instrumentation of the band and what you patterned it on?. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings: A Little Funk And Soul] Reference
The program is patterned after similar efforts in New York, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. From Wordnik.com. [A New Blueprint for Tackling Graffiti] Reference
Others will seek the creation of a new domestic spying outfit patterned after Britain's M.I. 5. From Wordnik.com. [INTELLIGENCE: WITH SPIES LIKE THESE...] Reference
She was wearing a white floral patterned nightgown with a green stain running down the left side. From Wordnik.com. [The Fergus Incident] Reference
YOU HOLD YOUR NEWBORN SO HIS SKY - blue eyes are just inches from the brightly patterned wallpaper. From Wordnik.com. [Your Child's Brain] Reference
The walkers were sold in blue, pink, and green, with a white activity tray and patterned vinyl seat. From Wordnik.com. [Recall: 8,400 baby walkers from Suntech Enterprises] Reference
But on his return she receded from a journalistic career into the patterned roles of wife and mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Kay We Loved] Reference
Attempts at traveling incognito might fail just as badly with this season's bold, patterned sunglasses. From Wordnik.com. [New Shades That Break The Pattern] Reference
Hillary wore a long, flowy, green patterned dress with ornate jewelry, and Bill could not have looked prouder!. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Wedding: Hillary & Bill Step Out To Pre-Wedding Party On Friday Night (PHOTOS, POLL)] Reference
She wore a bowler hat, a black tank top, a colorful, stencil-patterned skirt, ankle boots and tons of jewelery. From Wordnik.com. [Zoe Kravitz Mixes And Matches At SPIN Magazine Party: Love It Or Leave It? (PHOTOS, POLL)] Reference
The company says it's seen a jump in sales of some items to hip-hop fans, including the Damier, a checkerboard-patterned shoe. From Wordnik.com. [The Rap Of Luxury] Reference
She only recently started covering her head, but she insists on wearing patterned headscarves rather than the ubiquitous black. From Wordnik.com. [Front Lines: The Unveiling] Reference
The Speck Fitted Case iPhone 4, in black tartan, which has a two-piece hard-shell design with a patterned, fabric-like overlay. From Wordnik.com. [The Apple iPhone 4 Case Program: What you need to know] Reference
Wearing a red-patterned open-neck African shirt, he's addressing half a million supporters at Uhuru Park in Nairobi in late 2002. From Wordnik.com. [Kenya's Question Mark] Reference
Nonetheless, prosecutors implied that Yates watched the show and patterned the killings after it, trying to get away with her murders. From Wordnik.com. ['WHO'S BABYSITTING THE KIDS?'] Reference
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