1. (noun) airs, pose
affected manners intended to impress others
"don't put on airs with me"
2. (noun) pose
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
3. (verb) affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
4. (verb) present, pose
introduce
"This poses an interesting question"
5. (verb) model, pose, sit, posture
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
6. (verb) pose, impersonate, personate
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
"She posed as the Czar's daughter"
7. (verb) pose, posture
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"
8. (verb) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
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"
9. (verb) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
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"
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