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a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar''s daughter" behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don''t pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" affected manners intended to impress others; "don''t put on airs with me" assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don''t know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" introduce; "This poses an interesting question" a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display 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" be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don''t know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
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