n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: OFFER 1, extend, give, hold out, present, proffer, tender
2
Synonyms: PROPOSE 1, prefer, ||propone, proposition, propound, put, suggest
Related Words: ask, query, question; confound, puzzle; baffle
3 to assume a particular physical posture FF1C; they posed for a family portrait FF1E;
Synonyms: posture, sit
Related Words: peacock, strut
4 to assume an artificial or pretended attitude or character usually to deceive or impress FF1C; posed as a salesman FF1E;
Synonyms: attitudinize, masquerade, pass (as or for), pass off, posture; compare ACT 1
Related Words: fake, feign, pretend, sham; profess, purport; grandstand, show off