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Noun
  • a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  • a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
  • affected manners intended to impress others
    • don't put on airs with me
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
    • She posed as the Czar's daughter
  • 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
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