noun a cold in the head; catarrh.
2. pose ·vt to interrogate; to question.
3. pose ·vt to question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
4. pose ·adj standing still, with all the feet on the ground;
said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
5. pose ·vt 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.
6. pose ·vi 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.
7. pose ·vt 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.