Pose (Verb)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Misplace
- Middle
- Ladle
- Throw
- Insert
- Ensconce
- Sit Down
- Place Upright
- Siphon
- Inclose
- Intersperse
- Instal
- Dispose
- Postpose
- Docket
- Ground
- Upend
- Posit
- Recess
- Rack Up
- Marshal
- Settle
- Poise
- Plant
- Nestle
- Superpose
- Perch
- Place Down
- Barrel
- Coffin
- Superimpose
- Arrange
- Pigeonhole
- Position
- Parallelize
- Bottle
- Pillow
- Stand Up
- Set Up
- Reposition
- Put In
- Clap
- Introduce
- Lay Over
- Thrust
- Set
- Underlay
- Sow
- Imbricate
- Jar
- Sit
- Repose
- Snuggle
- Seed
- Prepose
- Pile
- Settle Down
- Recline
- Glycerolize
- Install
- Tee Up
- Rest
- Lean
- Load
- Enclose
- Bed
- Seat
- Cram
- Lay
- Tee
- Put Back
- Butt
- Stand
- Glycerolise
- Space
- Replace
- Fix
- Put Down
- Situate
- Park
- Step
- Ship
- Appose
- Set Down
- Sign
- Cock
- Shelve
- Emplace
- Juxtapose
- Stratify
- Trench
- Bucket
Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Synonyms
- Perplex
- Bewilder
- Puzzle
- Amaze
- Beat
- Flummox
- Get
- Stupefy
- Gravel
- Vex
- Mystify
- Baffle
- Stick
- Nonplus
- Dumbfound
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Meaning 3
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".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 4
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 5
Introduce; "This poses an interesting question".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 6
Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.