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Meaning and definition for "pose" word
[noun] affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me"
[verb] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"
[verb] pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
[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] as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
[verb] behave affectedly in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"
[verb] introduce; "This poses an interesting question"
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\Pose\, n. [F. pose, fr. poser. See {Pose}, 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.
\Pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Posing}.] [F. poser to place, to put, L. pausare to pause, in LL. also, to place, put, fr. L. pausa a pause, Gr. ?, fr. ? to make to cease, prob. akin to E. 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}.] 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. 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. [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.
Synonyms for pose
affectation, 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, stupefy, vex
See also: apply | assemble | attitudinise | behave | bring down | discharge | ensconce | fuddle | gaol | lag | make up | misplace | move | pitch | postpone | put in | put up | range | repose | represent | set back | solve | table | throw | work |
Related terms: airs, ask, assert, attitudinize, befog, bring up, demeanor, fakery, false air, offer a resolution, portray, pose as, posturing, present, proceeding, propose, purport, semblance, sham, varnish, way of life, window dressing
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Let's analyse "pose" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ESOP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
pose: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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