Library / English Dictionary

POSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Synonyms:

affectation; affectedness; mannerism; pose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pose" is a kind of...):

feigning; pretence; pretending; pretense; simulation (the act of giving a false appearance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pose"):

attitude (a theatrical pose created for effect)

radical chic (an affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them)

Derivation:

pose (behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Affected manners intended to impress others

Example:

don't put on airs with me

Synonyms:

airs; pose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("pose" is a kind of...):

affectedness (the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others))

Derivation:

pose (behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("pose" is a kind of...):

attitude; position; posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)

Derivation:

pose (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a mystery or bewildering to

Example:

This question really stuck me

Synonyms:

amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "pose" is one way to...):

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)

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

mix up; stump (cause to be perplexed or confounded)

riddle (set a difficult problem or riddle)

elude; escape (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

poser (a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

She posed as the Czar's daughter

Synonyms:

impersonate; personate; pose

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "pose" is one way to...):

betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)

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

masquerade (pretend to be someone or something that you are not)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

poser (a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put into a certain place or abstract location

Example:

Place emphasis on a certain point

Synonyms:

lay; place; pose; position; put; set

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pose" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

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

instal; install; put in; set up (set up for use)

plant; set (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)

recline (cause to recline)

place upright; stand; stand up (put into an upright position)

lay; put down; repose (put in a horizontal position)

seat (place in or on a seat)

seat; sit; sit down (show to a seat; assign a seat for)

upend (set, turn, or stand on end)

pillow; rest (rest on or as if on a pillow)

ground (place or put on the ground)

barrel (put in barrels)

bucket (put into a bucket)

bottle (put into bottles)

set down (put or settle into a position)

juxtapose (place side by side)

misplace (place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position)

seed; sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)

place down; put down; set down (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place)

appose (place side by side or in close proximity)

imbricate (place so as to overlap)

throw (to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly)

settle; settle down (settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground)

marshal (place in proper rank)

space (place at intervals)

glycerolise; glycerolize (place in glycerol)

position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)

seat (place or attach firmly in or on a base)

siphon (move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action)

set (put into a position that will restore a normal state)

cram (put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled)

load (put (something) on a structure or conveyance)

perch (cause to perch or sit)

rest (put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying)

clap (put quickly or forcibly)

lean (cause to lean or incline)

poise (cause to be balanced or suspended)

ladle (put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle)

deposit; fix; posit; situate (put (something somewhere) firmly)

emplace (put into place or position)

dispose (place or put in a particular order)

ensconce; settle (fix firmly)

park (place temporarily)

superpose (place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide)

lay over; superimpose; superpose (place on top of)

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

pile (place or lay as if in a pile)

nestle; snuggle (position comfortably)

intersperse (place at intervals in or among)

plant (place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive)

stratify (form, arrange, or deposit in layers)

put back; replace (put something back where it belongs)

step (place (a ship's mast) in its step)

prepose (place before another constituent in the sentence)

postpose (place after another constituent in the sentence)

cock (set the trigger of a firearm back for firing)

docket (place on the docket for legal action)

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

bed (put to bed)

coffin (place into a coffin)

rack up (place in a rack)

tee; tee up (place on a tee)

throw; thrust (place or put with great energy)

reposition (place into another position)

recess (put into a recess)

butt (place end to end without overlapping)

parallelize (place parallel to one another)

middle (put in the middle)

sign (place signs, as along a road)

repose (to put something (eg trust) in something)

jar (place in a cylindrical vessel)

shelve (place on a shelf)

pigeonhole (place into a small compartment)

trench (set, plant, or bury in a trench)

underlay (put (something) under or beneath)

ship (place on board a ship)

emplace (provide a new emplacement for guns)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They pose the bags on the table

Sense 4

Meaning:

Assume a posture as for artistic purposes

Example:

We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

Synonyms:

model; pose; posture; sit

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "pose" is one way to...):

display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

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

ramp (be rampant)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

pose (a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes)

poser (a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor)

posing ((photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

Example:

She postured and made a total fool of herself

Synonyms:

pose; posture

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "pose" is one way to...):

acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport (behave in a certain manner)

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

attitudinise; attitudinize (assume certain affected attitudes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

pose (a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display)

pose (affected manners intended to impress others)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Introduce

Example:

This poses an interesting question

Synonyms:

pose; present

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "pose" is one way to...):

be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Following a safety assessment, the mission team concluded the particles did not pose a risk to the spacecraft.

(NASA Mission Reveals Asteroid Has Big Surprises, NASA)

"We know warming oceans pose a threat to coral reefs around the world," said Allison Tracy, who conducted the work with marine scientist Drew Harvell.

(Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper, National Science Foundation)

As antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains emerge and pose increasing health risks, says Lynda Williams, a biogeochemist at Arizona State University (ASU), new antibacterial agents are urgently needed.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

Something in the assured voice, and something also in the quiet pose, warned the young lord of his danger.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

ARS scientists have devised a method to retool the compound so that it poses little to no danger to human or animal cells but can still kills germs.

(Soil Bacterium Tapped for Penicillin Guard Duty, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

However, bird flu can pose health risks to people.

(Bird Flu, NIH)

Arsenic contamination in rice poses a serious health risk in many parts of the world.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

There must have been a touch of the melodramatic in my pose and voice, for Maud smiled.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Drug abuse in children and teenagers may pose a greater hazard than in older people.

(Drugs and Young People, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

A conversation with an individual regarding his or her background and other personal and professional details, opinions on specific subjects posed by the interviewer, etc.

(Interview, NCI Thesaurus)