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pose

/ pose /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
Type of:
position posture attitude
Derived:
model sit posture
verb Sense 2
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
"She posed as the Czar''s daughter"
Type of:
deceive betray lead astray
Kinds of:
masquerade
Derived:
portrayal characterization enactment personation impersonation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
"Don''t pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"
"She postured and made a total fool of herself"
Type of:
behave acquit bear
Kinds of:
attitudinize attitudinise
Derived:
affectation mannerism affectedness airs
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 4
affected manners intended to impress others
"don''t put on airs with me"
Type of:
affectedness
Derived:
posture
verb Sense 5
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
"We don''t know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
Type of:
expose exhibit display
Kinds of:
ramp
Derived:
position posture attitude artist's model sitter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
art artistic creation artistic production
verb Sense 6
introduce
"This poses an interesting question"
Type of:
constitute represent make up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 7
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Type of:
pretense pretence pretending
Kinds of:
attitude radical chic
Derived:
posture
verb Sense 8
put into a certain place or abstract location
"Put your things here"
"Set the tray down"
"Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"
"Place emphasis on a certain point"
Type of:
move displace
Kinds of:
insert enclose inclose stick in put in
Derived:
placement location locating position positioning
See also:
range array lay out set out drop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 9
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don''t know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"
Type of:
confuse throw fox
Kinds of:
stump mix up riddle elude escape
Derived:
stupefaction bewilderment obfuscation puzzlement befuddlement
See also:
puzzle over solve work out figure out puzzle out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
81%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
79
Times Searched
3
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position posture attitude deceive betray lead astray masquerade behave acquit bear attitudinize attitudinise