pose
IPA: pˈoʊz
noun
- (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
- Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
- Affectation.
verb
- (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
- (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
- (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- (transitive, in the phrase "to pose as") To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
- (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
- (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
- (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
- (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
- (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
- (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
- (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).
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Examples of "pose" in Sentences
- She poses like one of the models.
- Both extremes pose insuperable problems.
- I suggest you pose an amendment to the board.
- I pose a rewording of the text in the nutshell.
- I pose the enlargement of the links at the top.
- The debauchery hinted at in their music was not merely a pose.
- The debauchery hinted at in their music was not merely a pose,.
- In this pose, the devotees circumambulate on the Pradakshina path.
- The corpse pose is one of the first exercises taught to a student.
- Liverpool Street, you pose -- yes, _pose_, Jack -- as the urbane man,
- The anti-Israel, anti-Jew pose is usually found among Dems these days.
- But the pose is very static and the same can be said of the figure in front.
- This pose is often repeated during other yogic postures and is also done at the end of each session.
- The corpse pose is one posture that helps the body to relax completely and is often used as a relaxation exercise.
- The pose is dynamic, showing Ollie in action, having just loosed one of his arrows and with his bow still held aloft.
- This pose is very easy to perform and is also a good meditative posture for it allows the mind to relax and gain strength.
- 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.
- 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.