Pose
[pəʊz] or [poz]
Definition
(noun.) a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes.
(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.) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; 'She posed as the Czar's daughter'.
Typed by Ellie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
(n.) A cold in the head; catarrh.
(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.
(v. t.) 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.
(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.
(v. t.) To interrogate; to question.
(v. t.) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
Inputed by Erma
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Attitude (formally assumed), posture.
v. a. Puzzle, stagger, embarrass, bewilder, perplex, mystify, nonplus, put out, put to a stand.
Typed by Bush
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Puzzle, perplex, bewilder, dumbfounder, mystify, embarrass, daze, confound
ANT:Enlighten, unmystify, indoctrinate, initiate
Inputed by Jesse
Definition
v.t. to puzzle: to perplex by questions: to bring to a stand.—ns. Pō′ser one who or that which poses: a difficult question; Pō′sing.—adv. Pō′singly.
n. a position: an attitude either natural or assumed.—v.i. to assume an attitude.—v.t. to put in a suitable attitude: to posit.
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Examples
- S'pose they'd have me thar? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Your master, I s'pose, don't keep no dogs, said Haley, thoughtfully, as he prepared to mount. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, said Aunt Chloe, s'pose dere will; but de Lord lets drefful things happen, sometimes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And I s'pose as it's all right and satisfactory to you and me as is the only parties interested, ve may as vell put this bit o' paper into the fire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Do you s'pose I wos to tell you by the weight o' your foot? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I s'pose I can bar it as well as any on 'em, he added, while something like a sob and a sigh shook his broad, rough chest convulsively. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- All I want is a livin', you know, ma'am; that's all any on us wants, I, s'pose. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ah,' said Sam, 'I should ha' s'posed that; but what I mean is, should you like a drop of anythin' as'd warm you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was plain enough that she was posed by the same difficulty which had posed Mr. Franklin and me in our conference at the Shivering Sand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You would like to know how I can justify it, inter-posed Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He posed as a king, but his ruling passion was that common obsession of our kind, the pursuit of women, tempered by a superstitious fear of hell. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He felt that his own country had a good deal to learn from America, though he did not close his eyes to the real dangers to which all democratic nations are ex posed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The sitter was so posed that the light from a lamp threw the profile of his face in sharp shadow against a white screen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And now Alexander, inspired it would seem by dreams of world ascendancy even crazier than his rival's, was posing again as the friend of liberty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Two girls were posing and he cut their silhouettes together, snipping very fast and looking at them, his head on one side. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She was rather heavy-featured, but not so plain as to prevent her posing as a beautiful, romantic, and haughty queen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Maynard