Pose

Quick meaning: Pose is a noun meaning (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.

Meaning

(transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
2. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
3. (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
4. (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
5. (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.
6. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.

Example Sentences

To pose a model for a picture.

The Ague, Cough, the Pyony, the Pose. Aches within, and accidents without, [...]

Rather, they are concerned with the threat Iran poses to the region and the world.

The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad.

Word Forms

• poses
• posing
• posed

Synonyms for pose

Depending on context, synonyms include present, set, model, position, posture, drape.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fix, deposit, drape, model, masquerade, lay.

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