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pose - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
pose
Definition
(noun) affected manners intended to impress others
Synonyms
:
airs
Example Sentence
don't put on airs with me
Definition
(noun) a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
Definition
(noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Synonyms
:
affectation
,
affectedness
,
mannerism
Definition
(verb) introduce
Synonyms
:
present
Example Sentence
This poses an interesting question
Definition
(verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Synonyms
:
model
,
posture
,
sit
Example Sentence
We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
Definition
(verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
Synonyms
:
impersonate
,
personate
Example Sentence
She posed as the Czar's daughter
Definition
(verb) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
Synonyms
:
posture
Example Sentence
Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!
She postured and made a total fool of herself
Definition
(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location
Synonyms
:
lay
,
place
,
position
,
put
,
set
Example Sentence
Put your things here
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Place emphasis on a certain point
Definition
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to
Synonyms
:
amaze
,
baffle
,
beat
,
bewilder
,
dumbfound
,
flummox
,
get
,
gravel
,
mystify
,
nonplus
,
perplex
,
puzzle
,
stick
,
stupefy
,
vex
Example Sentence
This beats me!
Got me--I don't know the answer!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me
Word used in video below:
text: look at that pose yeah
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