1. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
   "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the posing";
   - sitting

1. (of a question, problem, etc) ask, set or introduce
   "This poses an interesting question";
   - present
    
2. Assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often";
   - model, sit, posture [archaic]
    
3. Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
   "She posed as the Czar's daughter";
   - impersonate, personate
    
4. Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
   "Don't pay any attention to him — he is always posing to impress his peers!";
   - posture
    
5. Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
   "The photographer posed the model by the window";
   - put, set, place, position, lay
    
6. Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
   "The riddle posed even the brightest students";
   - confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound

Derived forms: posings

See also: posed, unposed

Type of: acquit, act, affect, be, bear, bear on, bear upon, behave, betray, carry, comport, comprise, conduct, constitute, deceive, deport, displace, display, do, exhibit, expose, impact, lead astray, make up, motility, motion, move, movement, represent

Encyclopedia: Posing