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