Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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 . - 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 rôle; endeavor to appear or be regarded (as something else); attitudinize, literally or figuratively: as, to
pose as a model; to pose as a martyr. - At dominoes, to set (the first domino).
- To put questions to; interrogate closely; question; examine.
- To puzzle, nonplus, or embarrass by a difficult question.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete 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 obsolete To interrogate; to question.
- transitive verb To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
- 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
- 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
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
ask (someone) questions; tointerrogate . - verb To
perplex or confuse (someone). - noun obsolete
common cold ,head cold - verb transitive set in place, arrange
- verb transitive ask, set (a test or quiz)
- verb transitive to
constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc...) - verb intransitive assume or maintain a pose
- verb obsolete, transitive To
interrogate ; toquestion . - verb obsolete, transitive 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
from 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Liverpool Street, you pose -- yes, _pose_, Jack -- as the urbane man,
Foe-Farrell Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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But the pose is very static and the same can be said of the figure in front.
Book Cover Smackdown! Zoe's Tale vs. Killswitch vs. Leviathan 2009
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This pose is often repeated during other yogic postures and is also done at the end of each session.
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This pose is very easy to perform and is also a good meditative posture for it allows the mind to relax and gain strength.
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The corpse pose is one posture that helps the body to relax completely and is often used as a relaxation exercise.
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Admittedly his unfortunate comment about my musical ability has been described as ill advised and rather tasteless but as one becomes to know Jim or “Jimbo” … as he likes to called by his friends. .one realizes that his confrontational pose is just simple and harmless musical jealousy.
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The anti-Israel, anti-Jew pose is usually found among Dems these days.
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Random diffusion comes in a number of different varieties, so the first question one might pose is to ask which particular type is being suggested here.
Archive 2009-01-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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The pose is dynamic, showing Ollie in action, having just loosed one of his arrows and with his bow still held aloft.
Collectible Review: Heroes of DC Green Arrow Bust | Fandomania 2009
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The corpse pose is one of the first exercises taught to a student.
travismcdermott commented on the word pose
1840 THACKERAY Shabby-genteel Story vi. 237 He..‘posed’ before her as a hero of the most sublime kind.
April 11, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word pose
im-pose: re-pose: de-pose: juxta-pose
March 26, 2009