Associations to the word «Pose»
Noun
- Livestock
- Venus
- Iraq
- Cant
- Mathematician
- Scarcity
- Rufus
- Laden
- Calendar
- Humankind
- Predator
- Seriousness
- Critique
- Frock
- Balkans
- Docking
- Interpreting
- Dancer
- Jus
- Wearing
- Su
- Ter
- Advertisement
- Landfill
- Garb
- Microorganism
- Magazine
- Hitler
- Shu
- Pathogen
- Modernization
- Internment
- Cate
- Nuisance
- Disposal
- Sculptor
- Manpower
- Gal
- Waste
- Nazi
- Biopsy
- Epidemic
- Ideology
- Subunit
- Complexity
- Figure
- Tsunami
- Dress
- Odin
Adjective
- Fascist
- Fundamental
- Thoughtful
- Mathematical
- Linguistic
- Viet
- Residual
- Covert
- Rearing
- Legged
- Confucian
- Increasing
- Hostile
- Postmodern
- Pragmatic
- Investigative
- Theoretical
- Lexical
- Oblivious
- Ain
- Harmless
- Nonlinear
- Revealing
- Tolerable
- Convincing
- Elegant
- Unlikely
- Concerned
- Nutrient
- Characteristic
- Fashionable
- Factual
- Immoral
- Fugitive
- Ideological
- Unarmed
- Con
- Flawed
- Microbial
Wiktionary
POSE, noun. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
POSE, verb. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
POSE, verb. (transitive) Ask; set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
POSE, verb. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
POSE, verb. (intransitive) Assume or maintain a pose; strike an attitude.
POSE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To interrogate; to question.
POSE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
POSE, noun. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
POSE, noun. Affectation.
POSE, verb. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
POSE, verb. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
POSE, verb. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).
POSÉ, adjective. (heraldry) (of a beast) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground.
Dictionary definition
POSE, noun. Affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me".
POSE, noun. A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes.
POSE, noun. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
POSE, verb. Introduce; "This poses an interesting question".
POSE, verb. Assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often".
POSE, verb. Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter".
POSE, verb. 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".
POSE, verb. 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".
POSE, verb. 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".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.