pose
noun
1 pose
Affected manners intended to impress others.
synonym: airs.
Roget 240:
form,
figure,
shape;
conformation,
configuration;
make,
formation,
frame,
construction,
cut,
set,
build,
trim,
cut of one's jib;
stamp,
type,
cast,
mold;
fashion;
contour
etc.
(outline)
230;
structure
etc.
329;
plasmature†.
feature,
lineament,
turn;
phase
etc.
(aspect)
448;
posture,
attitude,
pose.
[Science of form]
morphism.
[Similarity of form]
isomorphism.
forming
etc.
v.;
formation,
figuration,
efformation†;
sculpture;
plasmation†.
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Roget 183:
situation,
position,
locality,
locale,
status,
latitude and longitude;
footing,
standing,
standpoint,
post;
stage;
aspect,
attitude,
posture,
pose.
environment,
surroundings
(location)
184;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
place,
site,
station,
seat,
venue,
whereabouts;
ground;
bearings
etc.
(direction)
278;
spot
etc.
(limited space)
182.
topography,
geography,
chorography†;
map
etc.
554.
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Polish: maniera, poza, maska
2 pose
A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes.
3 pose
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
synonyms: affectation, affectedness, mannerism.
Dutch: aanstellerij, ik ben ..., maniërisme
Polish: manieryzm, maniera
verb
1 pose
2 pose
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes:
— We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often.
synonyms: model, posture, sit.
Dutch: poseren
3 pose
Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions:
— She posed as the Czar's daughter.
synonyms: impersonate, personate.
4 pose
Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others.
synonym: posture.
5 pose
Put into a certain place or abstract location.
synonyms: lay, place, position, put, set.
is a specific kind of: displace, move.
is a broader term that covers: enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in | docket | cock | postpose | prepose | step | put back, replace | stratify | plant | intersperse | nestle, snuggle | pile | arrange, set up | lay over, superimpose, superpose | superpose | park | ensconce, settle | dispose | emplace | emplace | ship | underlay | trench | pigeonhole | shelve | jar | repose | sign | middle | parallelize | butt | recess | reposition | throw, thrust | tee, tee up | rack up | coffin | bed | appose | place down, put down, set down | seed, sow | misplace | juxtapose | set down | bottle | bucket | barrel | ground | pillow, rest | upend | seat, sit, sit down | seat | lay, put down, repose | place upright, stand, stand up | recline | plant, set | instal, install, put in, set up | deposit, fix, posit, situate | ladle | poise | lean | clap | rest | perch | load | cram | set | siphon | seat | position | glycerolise, glycerolize | space | marshal | settle, settle down | throw | imbricate ... show more.
see also: communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across | apply, put on | array, lay out, range, set out | discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload | post, put up | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | erect, put up, raise, rear, set up | debark, disembark, set down | bring down, land, put down | gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand | rig, set up | ensnare, entrap, frame, set up | defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table | knock back, put back, set back ... show more.
derivation: emplacement, locating, location, placement, position, positioning | set | positioner, rotary actuator | arrangement, placement | blank space, place, space | place, position | setting | place, spot, topographic point.
Dutch: zetten, neerzetten, brengen, plaatsen, stellen
6 pose
Be a mystery or bewildering to.
synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex ... show more.
Roget 704:
be difficult
etc.
adj.;
run one hard,
go against the grain,
try one's patience,
put one out;
put to one's shifts,
put to one's wit's end;
go hard with one,
try one;
pose,
perplex
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
bother,
nonplus,
gravel,
bring to a deadlock;
be impossible
etc.
471;
be in the way of
etc.
(hinder)
706.
meet with difficulties;
labor under difficulties;
get into difficulties;
plunge into difficulties;
struggle with difficulties;
contend with difficulties;
grapple with difficulties;
labor under a disadvantage;
be in difficulty
etc.
adj..
fish in troubled waters,
buffet the waves,
swim against the stream,
scud under bare poles.
Have much ado with,
have a hard time of it;
come to the push,
come to the pinch;
bear the brunt.
grope in the dark,
lose one's way,
weave a tangled web,
walk among eggs.
get into a scrape
etc.
n.;
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears;
be put to one's shifts;
flounder,
boggle,
struggle;
not know which way to turn
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
perdre son Latin [Fr.];
stick at,
stick in the mud,
stick fast;
come to a stand,
come to a standstill,
come to a deadlock;
hold the wolf by the ears,
hold the tiger by the tail.
render difficult
etc.
adj.;
enmesh,
encumber,
embarrass,
ravel,
entangle;
put a spoke in the wheel
etc.
(hinder)
706;
lead a pretty dance.
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Roget 475:
be uncertain
etc.
adj.;
wonder whether.
lose the clue,
lose the clew,
scent;
miss one's way.
not know what to make of
etc.
(unintelligibility)
519,
not know which way to turn,
not know whether one stands on one s head or one's not know whether one stands on one s head or one's heels;
float in a sea of doubt,
hesitate,
flounder;
lose oneself,
lose one's head;
muddle one's brains.
render uncertain
etc.
adj.;
put out,
pose,
puzzle,
perplex,
embarrass;
confuse,
confound;
bewilder,
bother,
molder,
addle the wits,
throw off the scent,
ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces [Lat.];
keep in suspense.
doubt
etc.
(disbelieve)
485;
hang in the balance,
tremble in the balance;
depend.
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Dutch: verbluffen, verlegenheid, verstomd doen staan
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