Definition of Poise

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Definition of Poise

Poise

Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.

The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.

That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.

To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.

To weigh (down); to oppress.

To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.

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Poise Quotations

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Audrey Hepburn

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).
James Thurber

The key to winning is poise under stress.
Paul Brown

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
Maxwell Maltz

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.
Don DeLillo

And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various slopes and directions till it cuts into the air that is being raised by the face of the following wave, which again enables it to resume its velocity.
Lawrence Hargrave

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
Earl Wilson

In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.
Virgil Thomson

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.
Al Spalding

Poise Translations

poise in German is balancieren
poise in Italian is equilibrio
poise in Spanish is equilibrio
poise in Swedish is balans, balansera

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