model

/ˈmɒdəl/ verb [I, T] (present participle UK modelling, past tense and past participle modelled, present participle US modeling, past tense and past participle modeled)

Definition

› to wear clothes in fashion shows, magazines, etc as a model: She's been modelling for the same designer for years.

(Definition of model verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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model yourself on sb
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