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Meaning of 'pose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pose [ a.]
- Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
2 . Pose [ n.]
- A cold in the head; catarrh.
3 . Pose [ 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.
4 . Pose [ v. t.]
- 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.
- 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.
- To interrogate; to question.
- To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.

Meaning of 'pose' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pose [ n]
Meaning (1):
- affected manners intended to impress others
Example in sentence:
  • don't put on airs with me
2 . pose [ v]
Meaning (2):
- be a mystery or bewildering to
Example in sentence:
  • a vexing problem;
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!;
  • This beats me!;
  • This question really stuck me
Meaning (3):
- behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
Example in sentence:
  • Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!;
  • She postured and made a total fool of herself
Meaning (4):
- introduce
Example in sentence:
  • God interposed death;
  • This poses an interesting question
Meaning (5):
- put into a certain place or abstract location
Example in sentence:
  • Place emphasis on a certain point;
  • Put your things here;
  • Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children;
  • Set the tray down
Meaning (6):
- pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
Example in sentence:
  • She posed as the Czar's daughter
Meaning (7):
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Example in sentence:
  • We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

Nearby Words:

posed poser posied posies posing posingly posit posited positing position

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