The noun pattern has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (29) form, shape, pattern -- (a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them")
2. (22) practice, pattern -- (a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern")
3. (9) design, pattern, figure -- (a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors")
4. (8) convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula -- (something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors")
5. (1) pattern -- (a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics")
6. (1) blueprint, design, pattern -- (something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt")
7. traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern -- (the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted")
8. radiation pattern, radiation diagram, pattern -- (graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle)
Overview of verb pattern
The verb pattern has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) model, pattern -- (plan or create according to a model or models)
2. pattern -- (form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before")