Dictionary
pose
Pronunciation: (pōz), [key]
—v., posed, pos•ing,
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v.i.
1. to assume a particular attitude or stance, esp. with the hope of impressing others:
He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
2. to present oneself insincerely:
He seems to be posing in all his behavior.
3. to assume or hold a physical attitude, as for an artistic purpose:
to pose for a painter.
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v.t.
1. to place in a suitable position or attitude for a picture, tableau, or the like:
to pose a group for a photograph.
2. to assert, state, or put forward:
That poses a difficult problem.
3. to put or place.
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n.
1. a bodily attitude or posture:
Her pose had a note of defiance in it.
2. a mental attitude or posture:
a pose cultivated by the upper classes.
3. the act or period of posing, as for a picture.
4. a position or attitude assumed in posing, or exhibited by a figure in a picture, sculptural work, tableau, or the like.
5. a moment in which a dancer remains motionless, usually in an assumed posture.
6. a studied attitude; affectation:
His liberalism is merely a pose. pose
Pronunciation: (pōz), [key]—
v.t., posed, pos•ing.
1. to embarrass or baffle, as by a difficult question or problem.
2. Obs.to examine by putting questions.
po•sé
Pronunciation: (pō-zā'; Fr. pô-zā'), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -sésPronunciation: (-zāz'; Fr. -zā'). [key]
Ballet.
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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
