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Definitions for Pose

[1] to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
[2] to present oneself insincerely: He seems to be posing in all his behavior.
[3] to assume or hold a physical attitude, as for an artistic purpose: to pose for a painter.
[4] to place in a suitable position or attitude for a picture, tableau, or the like: to pose a group for a photograph.
[5] to assert, state, or put forward: That poses a difficult problem.
[6] to put or place.
[7] a bodily attitude or posture: Her pose had a note of defiance in it.
[8] a mental attitude or posture: a pose cultivated by the upper classes.
[9] the act or period of posing, as for a picture.
[10] a position or attitude assumed in posing, or exhibited by a figure in a picture, sculptural work, tableau, or the like.
[11] a moment in which a dancer remains motionless, usually in an assumed posture.
[12] a studied attitude; affectation: His liberalism is merely a pose.
[13] to embarrass or baffle, as by a difficult question or problem.
[14] Obsolete . to examine by putting questions.
[15] a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
[16] to assume or cause to assume a physical attitude, as for a photograph or painting
[17] (intr often foll by as ) to pretend to be or present oneself (as something one is not)
[18] (intr) to affect an attitude or play a part in order to impress others
[19] (tr) to put forward, ask, or assert to pose a question
[20] a physical attitude, esp one deliberately adopted for or represented by an artist or photographer
[21] a mode of behaviour that is adopted for effect
[22] rare to puzzle or baffle
[23] archaic to question closely

Words related to Pose

mien, mannerism, posture, affect, suggest, present, give, bearing, facade, stance, masquerade, fake, carriage, air, pretension, attitude, role, stand, guise, act

Words nearby Pose

porţile de fier, pos, pos., posada, posadas, pose, poseidon, posen, poser, poseur, posey

Origin of Pose

é1925–30; < French: poised, past participle of poser to pose; see pose1

Other words from Pose

pos·a·ble , adjective
pos·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Pose

C16: from obsolete appose, from Latin appōnere to put to, set against; see oppose

Synonyms for Pose

mannerism, mien, posture, act, affectation, air, attitude, attitudinizing, bearing, carriage, facade, fake, front, guise, masquerade, posturing, pretense, pretension, role, stance, stand, false show, positure