Definition of Pose

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Definition of Pose

Pose

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

A cold in the head; catarrh.

The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue.

To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.

To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.

To interrogate; to question.

To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.

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Pose Quotations

Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors.
Jay Leno

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.
John Dewey

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.
Marian Wright Edelman

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
Margaret Atwood

We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
Karl Popper

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?
Fanny Brice

When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later.
Donald Rumsfeld

I'd definitely pose nude again. No qualms. I actually had my breasts done again. Just updated, like new tires.
Jessica Hahn

Once Playboy came to me, all the preachers ran. I needed to pose in Playboy to make money.
Jessica Hahn

I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.
Gustav Mahler

Pose Translations

pose in Dutch is zich aanstellen, zich voordoen
pose in Finnish is olla olevinaan
pose in French is posez, posent, posons
pose in German is aufwerfen

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