Word Meaning

poses definition and meaning

a. Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
n. A cold in the head; catarrh.
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 an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue.
v. t. 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.
v. i. 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.
v. t. To interrogate; to question.
v. t. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.

Crossword clues for poses

- Assumed attitude
- Posture
- Show off
- Sit for
- Sit for a photo
- Sit for artist
- Duck faces, e.g.
- Models
- passes oneself off (as)
- peculiarities
- Positions
- Puts forward
- Puts question to models
- Raises (a question)
- Sits for an artist
- Stances