pose
/pˈoʊz/
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Definitions
Noun
affected manners intended to impress others; "don''t put on airs with me"
Noun
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
Noun
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Verb
introduce; "This poses an interesting question"
Verb
assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don''t know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
Verb
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar''s daughter"
Verb
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"
Verb
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"
Verb
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"
Synonyms
affectation
affectedness
airs
amaze
baffle
beat
bewilder
dumbfound
flummox
get
gravel
impersonate
lay
mannerism
model
mystify
nonplus
perplex
personate
place
position
posture
present
put
puzzle
set
sit
stick
stupefy
vex
More General Terms
acquit
affectedness
attitude
be
bear
bedevil
befuddle
behave
betray
carry
comport
comprise
conduct
confound
confuse
constitute
deceive
deport
discombobulate
displace
display
exhibit
expose
feigning
fox
fuddle
lead astray
make up
move
position
posture
pretence
pretending
pretense
represent
simulation
throw
More Specific Terms
appose
arrange
attitude
attitudinise
attitudinize
barrel
bed
bottle
bucket
butt
clap
cock
coffin
cram
deposit
dispose
docket
elude
emplace
enclose
ensconce
escape
fix
glycerolise
glycerolize
ground
imbricate
inclose
insert
instal
install
intersperse
introduce
jar
juxtapose
ladle
lay
lay over
lean
load
lose
marshal
masquerade
middle
mislay
misplace
mix up
nestle
parallelize
park
perch
pigeonhole
pile
pillow
place down
place upright
plant
poise
posit
position
postpose
prepose
put back
put down
put in
rack up
radical chic
ramp
recess
recline
replace
repose
reposition
rest
riddle
seat
seed
set
set down
set up
settle
settle down
shelve
ship
sign
siphon
sit
sit down
situate
snuggle
sow
space
stand
stand up
step
stick in
stratify
stump
superimpose
superpose
tee
tee up
throw
thrust
trench
underlay
upend