What is the meaning of the word "style"?

Definitions:

a particular kind (as to appearance) noun
- this style of shoe is in demand
a slender bristlelike or tubular process noun
- a cartilaginous style
a way of expressing something in language, art, music etc. that is characteristic of a particular person, group of people, or period noun
- All the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper.
designate by an identifying term verb
- They styled their nation `The Confederate States'
make consistent with certain rules of style verb
- style a manuscript