Pose

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  • intransitive verb. To set forth in words for consideration; propound: synonym: propose.
  • intransitive verb. To present or constitute.
  • intransitive verb. To place (a model, for example) in a specific position.
  • intransitive verb. To assume or hold a particular position or posture, as in sitting for a portrait.
  • intransitive verb. To represent oneself falsely; pretend to be other than what one is.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A bodily attitude or position, such as one assumed for an artist or a photographer. synonym: posture.
  • noun. In yoga, an asana.
  • noun. A studied or artificial manner or attitude, often assumed in an attempt to impress or deceive others. synonym: affectation.
  • transitive verb. To puzzle, confuse, or baffle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A cold in the head; catarrh.
  • To put; place; set.
  • To put by way of supposition or hypothesis; suppose.
  • To lay down as a proposition; state; posit.
  • To place in suitable or becoming position or posture; cause to assume a suitable or effective attitude: as, to pose a person for a portrait.
  • To bear; conduct.
  • To make a supposition; put the case.
  • To assume a particular attitude or rĂ´le; endeavor to appear or be regarded (as something else); attitudinize, literally or figuratively: as, to pose as a model; to pose as a martyr.
  • noun. Attitude or position, whether taken naturally or assumed for effect: as, the pose of an actor; especially, the attitude in which any character is represented artistically; the position, whether of the whole person or of an individual member of the body: as, the pose of a statue; the pose of the head.
  • noun. A deposit; a secret hoard.
  • noun. Synonyms Position, Attitude, etc. See posture.
  • At dominoes, to set (the first domino).
  • To put questions to; interrogate closely; question; examine.
  • To puzzle, nonplus, or embarrass by a difficult question.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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
  • noun. A cold in the head; catarrh.
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. 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
  • transitive verb. To interrogate; to question.
  • transitive verb. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. set in place, arrange
  • verb. ask, set (a test or quiz)
  • verb. to constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc...)
  • verb. assume or maintain a pose
  • verb. To interrogate; to question.
  • verb. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
  • noun. position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body)
  • noun. affectation
  • verb. To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
  • verb. To perplex or confuse (someone).
  • noun. common cold, head cold
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. affected manners intended to impress others
  • noun. a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
  • verb. put into a certain place or abstract location
  • verb. be a mystery or bewildering to
  • noun. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  • verb. introduce
  • verb. assume a posture as for artistic purposes
  • verb. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
  • verb. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
  • Word Usage
    "Liverpool Street, you pose -- yes, _pose_, Jack -- as the urbane man,"
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    posable  posed  poser  posing  
    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
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    Bose  Brose  Goes  Joes  Jos  
    Same Context
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    act  acting  action  actions  activity  
    verb-form
    posed  poses  posess  posesses  posing