pose meaning and definition

POSE noun

Definition of pose (noun)

1. affected manners intended to impress others
   • "don't put on airs with me"
   • synonyms: airs
2. a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
3. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
   • synonyms: affectation, affectedness, mannerism

POSE verb

Definition of pose (verb)

1. introduce
   • "This poses an interesting question"
   • synonyms: present
2. assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   • "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
   • synonyms: model, posture, sit
3. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
   • "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
   • synonyms: impersonate, personate
4. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
   • "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
   • synonyms: posture
5. put into a certain place or abstract location
   • "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
   • synonyms: lay, place, position, put, set
6. be a mystery or bewildering to
   • "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
   • synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex