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CHANGE POSTURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo a change in bodily posture

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "change posture" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "change posture"):

straighten (get up from a sitting or slouching position)

arise; get up; rise; stand up; uprise (rise to one's feet)

fall (drop oneself to a lower or less erect position)

fall; fall down (lose an upright position suddenly)

right (regain an upright or proper position)

sit; sit down (take a seat)

lie; lie down (assume a reclining position)

drop; drop down; sink (fall or descend to a lower place or level)

hump; hunch; hunch forward; hunch over (round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward)

straighten; unbend (straighten up or out; make straight)

bow (bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting)

uncurl (move out of a curled position)

sit up (change to an upright sitting position)

Sentence frames:

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