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pose
1[ pohz ]
verb (used without object)
- to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others:
He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- to present oneself insincerely:
He seems to be posing in all his behavior.
- to assume or hold a physical attitude, as for an artistic purpose:
to pose for a painter.
verb (used with object)
- to place in a suitable position or attitude for a picture, tableau, or the like:
to pose a group for a photograph.
- to assert, state, or put forward:
That poses a difficult problem.
- to put or place.
noun
- a bodily attitude or posture:
Her pose had a note of defiance in it.
- a mental attitude or posture:
a pose cultivated by the upper classes.
- the act or period of posing, as for a picture.
- a position or attitude assumed in posing, or exhibited by a figure in a picture, sculptural work, tableau, or the like.
- a moment in which a dancer remains motionless, usually in an assumed posture.
- a studied attitude; affectation:
His liberalism is merely a pose.
pose
2[ pohz ]
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to perplex or baffle, as by a difficult question or problem.
- Obsolete. to examine by putting questions.
posé
3[ poh-zey; French paw-zey ]
noun
- a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
pose
1/ pəʊz /
verb
- rare.to puzzle or baffle
- archaic.to question closely
pose
2/ pəʊz /
verb
- to assume or cause to assume a physical attitude, as for a photograph or painting
- introften foll byas to pretend to be or present oneself (as something one is not)
- intr to affect an attitude or play a part in order to impress others
- tr to put forward, ask, or assert
to pose a question
noun
- a physical attitude, esp one deliberately adopted for or represented by an artist or photographer
- a mode of behaviour that is adopted for effect
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- pos·a·ble adjective
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Example Sentences
Plus there is another problem that the viruses pose—the problem that apparently is the culprit this year—they evolve.
He called out the conformism hiding in the pose of rugged individuality.
After the Thursday prayer, the crowd of Congressional staff and lawmakers posed in the iconic, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose.
Cooper had little Alexis pose for a picture on the exact spot there Garner was pinned.
Some, like Norman Mailer, adopted the cooler pose of being casually interested in the possibility.
He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.
She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.
Ollie saw someone standing before it, bending slightly forward in the pose of expectation.
But she was young enough and pretty enough to pay little heed to pose or background.
What's more, I s'pose he can't even see them Injun pony tracks around the body.
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