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Definition of Pose
1. Verb. Introduce. "This poses an interesting question"
2. Noun. Affected manners intended to impress others. "Don't put on airs with me"
3. Verb. Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Display, Exhibit, Expose
Specialized synonyms: Ramp
Derivative terms: Model, Poser, Posing, Posture, Sitter, Sitting
4. Noun. A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes.
5. Verb. Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions. "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
Specialized synonyms: Masquerade
Generic synonyms: Betray, Deceive, Lead Astray
Derivative terms: Impersonation, Impersonation, Impersonator, Personation, Personation, Poser
6. Noun. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
Generic synonyms: Feigning, Pretence, Pretending, Pretense, Simulation
Specialized synonyms: Attitude, Radical Chic
7. Verb. Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others. "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
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"
Specialized synonyms: Enclose, Inclose, Insert, Introduce, Put In, Stick In, Docket, Cock, Postpose, Prepose, Step, Put Back, Replace, Stratify, Plant, Intersperse, Nestle, Snuggle, Pile, Arrange, Set Up, Lay Over, Superimpose, Superpose, Superpose, Park, Ensconce, Settle, Dispose, Emplace, Emplace, Ship, Underlay, Trench, Pigeonhole, Shelve, Jar, Repose, Sign, Middle, Parallelize, Butt, Recess, Reposition, Throw, Thrust, Tee, Tee Up, Rack Up, Coffin, Bed, Appose, Place Down, Put Down, Set Down, Seed, Sow, Misplace, Juxtapose, Set Down, Bottle, Bucket, Barrel, Ground, Pillow, Rest, Lose, Mislay, Misplace, Upend, Seat, Sit, Sit Down, Seat, Lay, Put Down, Repose, Place Upright, Stand, Stand Up, Recline, Plant, Set, Instal, Install, Put In, Set Up, Deposit, Fix, Posit, Situate, Ladle, Poise, Lean, Clap, Rest, Perch, Load, Cram, Set, Siphon, Seat, Position, Glycerolise, Glycerolize, Space, Marshal, Settle, Settle Down, Throw, Imbricate
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Also: Lay Out, Put Across, Put Away, Put Back, Put Back, Put Down, Put Down, Put Off, Put On, Put Over, Put Together, Put Up, Set Back, Set Down, Set Down, Set Out, Set Up, Set Up, Set Up, Set Up, Set Up
Derivative terms: Place, Place, Place, Placement, Position, Positioner, Set, Setting
9. Verb. Be a mystery or bewildering to. "The good news will pose her"; "This question really stuck me"
Specialized synonyms: Mix Up, Stump, Riddle, Elude, Escape
Generic synonyms: Bedevil, Befuddle, Confound, Confuse, Discombobulate, Fox, Fuddle, Throw
Derivative terms: Bafflement, Bewilderment, Mystery, Mystification, Mystification, Mystifier, Poser, Puzzle, Puzzlement, Puzzler, Stupefaction
Also: Puzzle Out, Puzzle Over
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]
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