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  • Definition
    • pose :affected manners intended to impress others
      • don't put on airs with me

    • pose :introduce
      • This poses an interesting question

    • pose :assume a posture as for artistic purposes
      • We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

    • pose :pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
      • She posed as the Czar's daughter

    • pose :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

    • pose :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

    • pose :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

    • pose :a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

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