pose

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In contrast to this pose is the conduct of the veteran hunter, or old soldier.

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  1. intransitive verb To assume or hold a particular position or posture, as in sitting for a portrait.
  2. intransitive verb To affect a particular mental attitude.
  3. intransitive verb To represent oneself falsely; pretend to be other than what one is.
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  • Her skin was mid-brown and her pose was absolutely still. —  Lee Child - [Reacher 12] - Nothing to Lose
  • Maxwell, you are right in one sense, we do need to get moving but I'm no longer convinced the direction your pose is the right one. —  The Border Mail
  • And her pose is a bit stilted - a model should know better! —  mirror.co.uk - Home
  • Like I said, it's only a matter of time before she's eliminated because even though the judges liked her expression in this photo, they still noted that she doesn't bring much variation to her look and said her pose was awkward, with guest judge Mike Ruiz noting that she needed a lot of prodding on set. —  Reality TV Calendar Headlines
  • This pose is a great backbend for semiflexible to flexible people, but if your partner has any sacral, disk, or lower back issues, skip this.
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posture ·  gesture ·  mien ·  attitude ·  stance ·  shrug ·  poise ·  stride ·  affectation ·  gait ·  indifference ·  mood

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pose:   posing ·  posed ·  poses
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  1. Middle English posen, to place, from Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin *pausāre, from Late Latin pausāre, to rest, from Latin pausa, pause; see pause.
  2. Short for appose, to examine closely (from Middle English apposen, alteration of opposen; see oppose) and from French poser, to assume (obsolete) (from Old French; see pose1).

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  1. from Middle English pose, from Anglo-Saxon geposu, pose, catarrh, from Welsh pas, a cough. Cf. wheeze.
  2. from Middle English poser, from Old French poser, French poser, put, place, lay, settle, lodge, etc., reflexive se poser, put oneself in a particular attitude, = Spanish posar, pausar = Portuguese pausar, poisar, pousar = Italian posare, pausare, put, place, from Middle Latin pausare, cease, cause to rest, place, from Latin pausare, cease, from pausa, pause, from Greek παῦσις, pause: see pause, n. This verb, Old French poser, etc., acquired the sense of Latin ponere, past participle positus, put, place, etc., and came to be practically identified with it in use, taking all its compounds, whence English appose, compose, depose, dispose, propose (and purpose), repose, suppose, etc., which verbs coexist in English, in some cases, with forms from the L. ponere, as compound, depone, expone (and expound), impone, propone (and propound), etc., with derived forms like opponent, component, deponent, etc., apposition, composition, deposition, etc.
  3. from French pose, standing, attitude, posture, pose, from poser, put, reflexive put oneself in an attitude: see pose, v.
  4. Formerly also poze; from Middle English posen, by apheresis from apposen, aposen, a corruption of oposyn, opposen: see oppose. The method of examination in the schools being by argument, to examine was to oppose. Hence puzzle.
 

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