pose

pose
[pəʊz] verb I
1) [T] to create a difficult or dangerous situation
The oil spill poses a threat to marine life in the area.[/ex]
2) [I] to sit or stand somewhere so that someone can take a photograph of you or paint a picture of you
3) [I] to dress or behave in a particular way to make people notice you, admire you, or be impressed by you
pose a questionformal to ask a question[/ex]
- pose as sb/sth
II
noun [C]
pose [pəʊz]
1) the position that you keep your body in when someone is taking your photograph or painting your picture
2) behaviour that is not natural or sincere and is intended to impress or trick people
You get the feeling that his apparently strong religious faith is just a pose.[/ex]

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  • pose — [ poz ] n. f. • 1694; de poser 1 ♦ Action de poser, mise en place. La pose d une moquette, de rideaux, d une serrure... par un ouvrier. Pose d un vernis à ongles. Cérémonie de la pose de la première pierre (d un bâtiment). Pose d un rail, d une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • posé — pose [ poz ] n. f. • 1694; de poser 1 ♦ Action de poser, mise en place. La pose d une moquette, de rideaux, d une serrure... par un ouvrier. Pose d un vernis à ongles. Cérémonie de la pose de la première pierre (d un bâtiment). Pose d un rail, d… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • pose — 1. (pô z ) s. f. 1°   Action de poser, de mettre en place. La pose d un tapis, d une sonnette.    Terme d architecture. Action de poser une pierre dans une construction.    Pose de la première pierre d un monument, cérémonie qui a lieu quand on… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • posé — posé, ée (pô zé, zée) part. passé de poser. 1°   Mis en une certaine place. Un vase posé sur un buffet. •   Cet oiseau [le friquet], lorsqu il est posé, ne cesse de se remuer, de se tourner, de frétiller, BUFF. Ois. t. VI, p. 231. •   À onze… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • pose# — pose vb *propose, propound Analogous words: *ask, question, query: *puzzle, confound: baffle (see FRUSTRATE) pose n 1 Pose, air, affectation, mannerism are comparable when they mean an adopted rather than a natural way of speaking and behaving …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Pose — Pose, n. [F. pose, fr. poser. See {Pose}, v. t.] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pose — Sf künstliche Haltung erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Im Rahmen der Künstlersprache entlehnt aus frz. pose Stellung , zu frz. poser legen, stellen , das auf l. pōnere zurückgeht. Verb: posieren; im Bereich des Bodybuilding auch… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • pose — [n] artificial position act, affectation, air, attitude, attitudinizing, bearing, carriage, facade, fake, false show, front, guise, mannerism, masquerade, mien, positure, posture, posturing, pretense, pretension, role, stance, stand; concepts 633 …   New thesaurus

  • Pose — Pose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Posing}.] [F. poser to place, to put, L. pausare to pause, in LL. also, to place, put, fr. L. pausa a pause, Gr. ?, fr. ? to make to cease, prob. akin to E. few. In compounds, this word appears… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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