pose 1 (p z)v. posed, pos·ing, pos·es v.intr.1. To assume or hold a particular position or posture, as in sitting for a portrait. 2. To affect a particular mental attitude. 3. To represent oneself falsely; pretend to be other than what one is. v.tr.1. To place (a model, for example) in a specific position. 2. To set forth in words; propound: pose a question. 3. To put forward; present: pose a threat. See Synonyms at propose. n.1. A bodily attitude or position, especially one assumed for an artist or a photographer. See Synonyms at posture. 2. A studied attitude assumed for effect. See Synonyms at affectation.
[Middle English posen, to place, from Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin *paus re, from Late Latin pausre, to rest, from Latin pausa, pause; see pause.]
pos a·ble adj. |
pose Verb [posing, posed] 1. to take up a particular position to be photographed or drawn 2. to behave in an affected way in order to impress others 3. (often foll. by as)to pretend to be (someone one is not) 4. to create or be (a problem, threat, etc.): dressing complicated wounds has always posed a problem for doctors 5. to put forward or ask: the question you posed earlier Noun 1. a position taken up for an artist or photographer 2. behaviour adopted for effect [Old French poser to set in place]
Pose a hoard or secret store. Examples: pose of English nobles (coins), 1549; of silver and treasure, 1816; of treasure, 1637.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  pose - affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me"affectedness - the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | | 2. | pose - a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes | | 3. | pose - a deliberate pretense or exaggerated displayattitude - a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude" radical chic - an affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them | | Verb | 1. | pose - introduce; "This poses an interesting question"constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" | | 2. | pose - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" ramp - be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" | | 3. | pose - pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"masquerade - pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty" deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" | | 4. | pose - behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"deport, comport, acquit, behave, conduct, bear, carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" | | 5. | pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"docket - place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" cock - set the trigger of a firearm back for firing postpose - place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them" prepose - place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them" step - place (a ship's mast) in its step put back, replace - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses" plant - place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" intersperse - place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text" snuggle, nestle - position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" pile - place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" superpose - place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide park - place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" dispose - place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed" emplace - put into place or position; "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar" emplace - provide a new emplacement for guns ship - place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" underlay - put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper" trench - set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables" shelve - place on a shelf; "shelve books" jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" repose - to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" sign - place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed" butt - place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints" recess - put into a recess; "recess lights" throw, thrust - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" tee, tee up - place on a tee; "tee golf balls" rack up - place in a rack; "rack pool balls" coffin - place into a coffin; "her body was coffined" bed - put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" appose - place side by side or in close proximity sow, seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" misplace - place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers" juxtapose - place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors" set down - put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" bottle - put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water" | | 6. |  pose - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, baffle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, stick, beat, get stump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her" riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle" elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
pose verb 3. position yourself, sit, model, strike a pose, arrange yourself noun 6. act, role, façade, air, front, posturing, pretence, masquerade, mannerism, affectation, attitudinizing pose as something or someone impersonate, pretend to be, sham, feign, profess to be, masquerade as, pass yourself off as  Translations pose [pəuz] n → postura, actitud f;
 pose [pəuz] n → pose f; to strike a pose → poser (pour la galerie)
 pose [pəuz] n → Pose f
 pose [pəuz] n → posato strike a pose → mettersi in posa
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