pose

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To hold a particular position so that someone can paint, draw, or photograph you.

   The family posed for a photo in front of the house.

2. 2
   verb

   To create or present a problem, danger, or question.

   Climate change poses a serious threat to coastal cities.

3. 3
   verb

   To pretend to be someone you are not.

   He posed as a doctor to enter the hospital.

4. 4
   noun

   A particular position in which someone stands, sits, or is photographed.

   She held the pose while the artist sketched her.

Common collocations

• theatrical pose Adjective + noun

From Middle English pose, from Old English ġeposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ġepos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *pos, from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to snort, blow”), from *pus- (“to blow, breathe hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).

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