A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size, A person who poses as a pattern for an artist, Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact, intransitive verb_ In painting, drawing, and photography, to give a three-dimensional appearance to, as by shading or highlighting, To form (clay, for example) into a shape, To plan, construct, or fashion in imitation of a model, transitive verb_ To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion, adjective_ Being, serving as, or used as a model, Worthy of imitation