Definitions for poses

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poses pose

Spelling: [pohz]

IPA: /poʊz/

Poses is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in poses (eopss).

Definitions for poses

noun

1. a bodily attitude or posture:
2. a mental attitude or posture:
3. the act or period of posing, as for a picture.
4. a position or attitude assumed in posing, or exhibited by a figure in a picture, sculptural work, tableau, or the like.
5. a moment in which a dancer remains motionless, usually in an assumed posture.
6. a studied attitude; affectation:
7. a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.

verb (used with object)

1. to place in a suitable position or attitude for a picture, tableau, or the like:
2. to assert, state, or put forward:
3. to put or place.
4. to embarrass or baffle, as by a difficult question or problem.
5. Obsolete. to examine by putting questions.

verb (used without object)

1. to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others:
2. to present oneself insincerely:
3. to assume or hold a physical attitude, as for an artistic purpose:

Origin of poses

1325-75; (v.) Middle English posen Middle French poser Late Latin pausāre to stop, cease, rest, derivative of Latin pausa pause; French poser has taken over the basi

Examples for poses

Voice, pose and gesture proclaimed at least the excellent mimic.

There was no change in the face or pose of the man who listened to the reading.

I wasn't so enamoured with the ancients as I thought I was; but I was enamoured with your contemplation of my pose.

After the Thursday prayer, the crowd of Congressional staff and lawmakers posed in the iconic, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose.

If you pose as a little god, you must pose for better for worse.

He called out the conformism hiding in the pose of rugged individuality.

At the last push of fate Shakespeare will pose and deceive himself.

Cooper had little Alexis pose for a picture on the exact spot there Garner was pinned.

He spun three times, stopped on a dime, and flashed the familiar “jazz hands” pose before walking away.

That said, an investigation by the DEA does pose a risk should actual criminal charges arise.