pose

Meaning of pose

verb
  1. present or constitute (a problem or danger).
    the sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area
  2. assume a particular position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.
    the prime minister posed for photographers
  3. pretend to be (someone or something).
    an armed gang posed as policemen to ambush a postman
    a literary novel posing as a spy thriller
  4. behave affectedly in order to impress others.
    some people like to drive kit cars, but most just like to pose in them
noun
  1. a way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.
    photographs of boxers in ferocious poses
  2. a particular way of behaving adopted in order to impress or to give a false impression.
    the man dropped his pose of amiability

Middle English: from Old French poser (verb), from late Latin pausare ‘to pause’, which replaced Latin ponere ‘to place’. The noun dates from the early 19th century.

verb
  1. puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem.
    we have thus posed the mathematician and the historian

early 16th century: shortening of obsolete appose, from Old French aposer, variant of oposer ‘oppose’.

Information about pose

Hyphenation of pose

pose

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • pose is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

pose synonyms

Meaning airs:

airs

Meaning affectation:

affectation, mannerism, affectedness

Meaning present:

present

Meaning model:

model, sit, posture

Meaning impersonate:

impersonate, personate

Meaning posture:

posture

Meaning put:

put, set, place, position, lay

Meaning perplex:

perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

Meaning be (a part) of a whole:

constitute

Meaning bring (something) into existence:

create

Meaning make (something, especially something bad) happen:

cause

Meaning make or manufacture from components or raw materials:

produce

Meaning adopt or express a particular attitude or attitudes, typically just for effect:

attitudinize, attitudinizing

Meaning the way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in cricket, golf, and other sports); a person's posture:

stance

Meaning a position of the body indicating a particular mental state:

attitude

Meaning a person's way of standing or moving:

bearing

Meaning an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true:

pretence

Meaning a pretence:

act

Meaning a deceptive outward appearance:

facade

Meaning an outward display intended to give a false impression:

show

Meaning an appearance or form of behaviour assumed by a person to conceal their genuine feelings:

front

Meaning a performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment:

display

Meaning a false show or pretence:

masquerade

Meaning concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretence:

dissimulation

Translation of pose

Anagrams of pose

epos, esop, opes, peso, sope

Words that rhyme with pose

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