Thesaurus: posture

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1. n. The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.
2. n. Place; position; situation.
3. n. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
4. v. t. To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.
5. v. i. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
6. v. i. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
7. n. the arrangement of the body and its limbs
8. n. characteristic way of bearing one's body
9. n. a rationalized mental attitude
10. n. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
11. v. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
12. v. assume a posture as for artistic purposes