POSE


Meaning of POSE in English

I. verb

1.

Synonyms: offer 1, extend, give, hold out, present, proffer, tender

2.

Synonyms: propose 1, prefer, ||propone, proposition, propound, put, suggest

Related Word: ask, query, question; confound, puzzle; baffle

3.

to assume a particular physical posture

they posed for a family portrait

Synonyms: posture, sit

Related Word: peacock, strut

4.

to assume an artificial or pretended attitude or character usually to deceive or impress

posed as a salesman

Synonyms: attitudinize, masquerade, pass (as or for), pass off, posture; compare act 1

Related Word: fake, feign, pretend, sham; profess, purport; grandstand, show off

II. noun

1.

Synonyms: posture 1, attitude, carriage, positure, stance

2.

an adopted way of speaking or acting

his reticence is just a pose

Synonyms: affectation, air(s), lugs, mannerism, prettyism

Related Word: dog, prettiness; fake, pretense, pretension

III. verb

Synonyms: offer 1, extend, give, hold out, present, proffer, tender

IV. verb

Synonyms: puzzle , befog, bewilder, ||cap, confound, confuse, metagrobolize, perplex, stumble

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