Pose - Definition
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]