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POSE
affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness
(noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
airs, pose
(noun) affected manners intended to impress others; âdonât put on airs with meâ
pose
(noun) a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to; âThis beats me!â; âGot me--I donât know the answer!â; âa vexing problemâ; âThis question really stuck meâ
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location; âPut your things hereâ; âSet the tray downâ; âSet the dogs on the scent of the missing childrenâ; âPlace emphasis on a certain pointâ
model, pose, sit, posture
(verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes; âWe donât know the woman who posed for Leonardo so oftenâ
pose, posture
(verb) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; âDonât pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!â; âShe postured and made a total fool of herselfâ
present, pose
(verb) introduce; âThis poses an interesting questionâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pose (plural poses)
(archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
Etymology 2
Verb
pose (third-person singular simple present poses, present participle posing, simple past and past participle posed)
(transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
(transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
(transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
(transitive, in the phrase "to pose as") To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
(intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
(intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
(obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
(obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
Noun
pose (plural poses)
Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
Affectation.
Etymology 3
Verb
pose (third-person singular simple present poses, present participle posing, simple past and past participle posed)
(obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
(now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
(now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).
Anagrams
• ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, peso, poes, sope
Source: Wiktionary
Po`sé", a. Etym: [F., placed, posed.] (Her.)
Definition: Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
Pose, n. Etym: [AS. gepose; of uncertain origin; cf. W. pas a cough, Skr. kas to cough, and E. wheeze.]
Definition: A cold in the head; catarrh. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pose, n. Etym: [F. pose, fr. poser. See Pose, v. t.]
Definition: 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.
Pose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posed; p. pr. & vb. n. Posing.] Etym: [F. poser to place, to put, L. pausare to pause, in LL. also, to place, put, fr. L. pausa a pause, Gr. few. In compounds, this word appears corresponding to L. ponere to put, place, the substitution in French having been probably due to confusion of this word with L. positio position, fr. ponere. See Few, and cf. Appose, Dispose, Oppose, Pause, Repose, Position.]
Definition: 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.
Pose, v. i.
Definition: 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. He . . . posed before her as a hero. Thackeray.
Pose, v. t. Etym: [Shortened from appose, for oppose. See 2d Appose, Oppose.]
1. To interrogate; to question. [Obs.] "She . . . posed him and sifted him." Bacon.
2. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand. A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose and puzzle him. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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