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1. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
   "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the posing"
   - sitting

1. (of a question, problem, etc) ask, set or introduce
   "This poses an interesting question"
   - present
    
2. Assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
   - model, sit, posture
    
3. Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
   "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
   - impersonate, personate
    
4. Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
   "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"
   - posture
    
5. Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
   "pose your things here"
   - put, set, place, position, lay
    
6. Be a mystery or bewildering to
   "a posing problem"
   - perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

Derived forms: posings

See also: posed, poser, unposed

Type of: acquit, be, bear, bedevil, befuddle, behave, betray, carry, comport, comprise, conduct, confound, confuse, constitute, deceive, deport, discombobulate, displace, display, exhibit, expose, fox, fuddle, lead astray, make up, motility, motion, move, movement, represent, throw

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