ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Pose', Synonyms of 'Pose' & More on 'Pose'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

pose
    n 1: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on
         airs with me" [syn: airs, pose]
    2: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic
       purposes
    3: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn:
       affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness]
    v 1: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn:
         present, pose]
    2: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the
       woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose,
       sit, posture]
    3: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent
       intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: pose,
       impersonate, personate]
    4: 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" [syn: pose, posture]
    5: 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"
       [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay]
    6: 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" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get,
       puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
       flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze,
       dumbfound]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pose \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.
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         He . . . posed before her as a hero.     --Thackeray.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pos'e \Po`s['e]"\, a. [F., placed, posed.] (Her.)
   Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of
   the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pose \Pose\, n. [AS. gepose; of uncertain origin; cf. W. pas a
   cough, Skr. k[=a]s to cough, and E. wheeze.]
   A cold in the head; catarrh. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pose \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.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pose \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.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pose \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.
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   2. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by
      questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
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            A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to
            pose and puzzle him.                  --Barrow.
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8. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

POSE
       Palm Operating System Emulator (Palm)

9. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

POSE

   query language written in 1967.

   ["POSE: A Language for Posing Problems to Computers",
   S. Schlesinger et al, CACM 10:279-285, May 1967].

   (1996-12-09)

Thesaurus Results for Pose:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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