Thesaurus: pose

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1. a. Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
2. n. A cold in the head; catarrh.
3. v. t. The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue.
4. v. t. To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.
5. v. i. To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.
6. v. t. To interrogate; to question.
7. v. t. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
8. n. affected manners intended to impress others
9. n. a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
10. n. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
11. v. offer for others to consider
12. v. assume a posture as for artistic purposes