Definition of Pose

1. Noun. Affected manners intended to impress others. "Don't put on airs with me"

Exact synonyms: Airs
Generic synonyms: Affectedness

2. Verb. Introduce. "This poses an interesting question"
Exact synonyms: Present
Generic synonyms: Be, Comprise, Constitute, Make Up, Represent

3. Noun. A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes.
Generic synonyms: Attitude, Position, Posture

4. Verb. Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
Exact synonyms: Model, Posture, Sit
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Display, Exhibit, Expose
Specialized synonyms: Ramp
Derivative terms: Model, Poser, Posing, Posture, Sitter, Sitting

5. Noun. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
Exact synonyms: Affectation, Affectedness, Mannerism
Generic synonyms: Feigning, Pretence, Pretending, Pretense, Simulation
Specialized synonyms: Attitude, Radical Chic

6. Verb. Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions. "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
Exact synonyms: Impersonate, Personate
Specialized synonyms: Masquerade
Generic synonyms: Betray, Deceive, Lead Astray
Derivative terms: Impersonation, Impersonation, Impersonator, Personation, Personation, Poser

7. Verb. Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others. "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
Exact synonyms: Posture
Generic synonyms: Acquit, Bear, Behave, Carry, Comport, Conduct, Deport
Specialized synonyms: Attitudinise, Attitudinize

8. Verb. Put into a certain place or abstract location. "They pose the bags on the table"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

9. Verb. Be a mystery or bewildering to. "The good news will pose her"; "This question really stuck me"

Definition of Pose

1. n. A cold in the head; catarrh.

2. n. The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue.

3. v. t. To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.

4. v. i. To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.

5. v. t. To interrogate; to question.

Definition of Pose

1. Verb. (transitive) set in place, arrange ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) ask, set (a test or quiz) ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc...) ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) assume or maintain a pose ¹

5. Noun. position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body) ¹

6. Noun. affectation ¹

7. Verb. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate. ¹

8. Verb. (rare) To perplex or confuse (someone). ¹

9. Noun. (obsolete) common cold, head cold ¹

10. Adjective. (heraldry of a beast) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pose

1. to assume a fixed position [v POSED, POSING, POSES] : POSABLE [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pose

portulans
portulent
porty
porwigle
porwigles
pory
pos pron
posable
posaconazole
posada
posadas
posaune
posaunes
pose (current term)
poseable
posed
posedness
posedown
posedowns
poser
posers
poses
poset
posets
poseur
poseurs
poseuse
poseuses

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