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French
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pose
, attitude
, affectation
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Pose
- (n.) A cold in the head; catarrh.
- (v. i.) To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.
- (v. t.) To interrogate; to question.
- (v. t.) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.
- (a.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
- (v. t.) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
- (v. t.) The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artists model or of a statue.
Synonyms:
Affectation, Amaze, Baffle, Beat, Bewilder, Get, Gravel, Impersonate, Lay, Mannerism, Model, Mystify, Nonplus, Perplex, Personate, Place, Position, Posture, Present, Put, Puzzle, Set, Sit, Stupefy, Vex,
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• Poser
- (n.) One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.
Synonyms:
Model, Poseur, Sticker, Stumper,
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• Poseuse
- (n. fem.) A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.
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