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pose
(p/oU/z )

noun (n)

  • affected manners intended to impress others(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    airs
    source: wordnet30
  • a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    affectation, affectedness, mannerism
    source: wordnet30
  • A cold in the head; catarrh.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • introduce(verb.stative)
    Example:
    This poses an interesting question.
    Synonym:
    enclose, inclose, insert, interpose, introduce, present, put in, stick in
    source: wordnet30
  • assume a posture as for artistic purposes(verb.perception)
    Example:
    We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often.
    Synonym:
    model, posture, sit
    source: wordnet30
  • pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions(verb.communication)
    Example:
    She posed as the Czar's daughter.
    Synonym:
    impersonate, personate
    source: wordnet30
  • behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    posture
    source: wordnet30
  • put into a certain place or abstract location(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    lay, place, position, put, set
    source: wordnet30
  • be a mystery or bewildering to(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To interrogate; to question.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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