n. 25B6; verb
pollution poses a threat to health : CONSTITUTE, present, create, cause, produce, be.
the question posed earlier : RAISE, ask, put, set, submit, advance, propose, suggest, moot.
she posed for the artist : BE A MODEL, model, sit.
he posed her on the sofa : POSITION, place, put, arrange, dispose, locate, situate.
fashion victims were posing at the bar : BEHAVE AFFECTEDLY, strike a pose, posture, attitudinize, put on airs; informal show off.
25B6; noun
a sexy pose : POSTURE, position, stance, attitude, bearing.
her pose of aggrieved innocence : PRETENCE, act, affectation, facade, show, front, display, masquerade, posture.
25A0; pose as PRETEND TO BE, impersonate, pass oneself off as, masquerade as, profess to be, represent oneself as; formal personate.