Pose(a.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
Pose(n.) A cold in the head; catarrh.
Pose(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.
Pose(v. t.) To interrogate; to question.
Pose(v. t.) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
Pose(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 artist's model or of a statue.
Pose(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.
Posed(a.) Firm; determined; fixed.
Posed(imp. & p. p.) of Pose
Posing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pose
Posingly(adv.) So as to pose or puzzle.
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