Pose

/poʊz/ · noun

Meaning

(archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

Now […] have we many chimnies, and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses.

Megg yesterday was troubled with a pose, Which, this night hardned, sodders up her nose.

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

And whereas some say, that they which use oft washing of their heads shall be very prone to headache, that is not true, but only in such that, after they have been washed, roll up their hair (being yet wet) about their heads; the cold whereof is dangerous to bring them to catarrhs and poses, with other inconveniences.

To pose a model for a picture.

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

Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.

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

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Word Forms

• poses
• posing
• posed
• poze

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