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Noun: posing pow-zing- (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 Verb: pose powz- (of a question, problem, etc) ask, set or introduce
"This poses an interesting question"; - present - (art) assume a posture as for artistic purposes
"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"; - model, sit, posture - Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
"She posed as the Czar's daughter"; - impersonate, personate - 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 - Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
"pose your things here"; - put, set, place, position, lay - Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
- 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, be, bear, behave, betray, carry, comport, comprise, conduct, constitute, deceive, deport, displace, display, exhibit, expose, lead astray, make up, motility, motion, move, movement, represent Encyclopedia: Posing Pose, Martin |