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pose

UK/pəʊz/ US/poʊz/ fairly common
verb (6) noun (3)

verb

1.

introduce

  • “This poses an interesting question”
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2.

assume a posture as for artistic purposes

  • “We don”
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3.

pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

  • “She posed as the Czar”
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4.

behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

  • “Don”
  • “;”
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5.

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”
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6.

be a mystery or bewildering to

  • “This beats me!”
  • “Got me--I don”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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noun

1.

affected manners intended to impress others

  • “don”
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2.

a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

3.

the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness

  • “your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity”
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Origin

From Middle English pose, from Old English ġeposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ġepos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *pos, from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to snort, blow”), from *pus- (“to blow, breathe hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).

Phrases

  • banana pose
  • child's pose
  • cobra pose
  • composite pose
  • cool pose
  • corpse pose
  • crow pose
  • pigeon pose
  • posing pouch

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