<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature</li><li>to present oneself insincerely: He seems to be posing in all his behavior</li><li>to assume or hold a physical attitude, as for an artistic purpose: to pose for a painter</li><li>Synonyms: model, sit</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to place in a suitable position or attitude for a picture, tableau, or the like: to pose a group for a photograph</li><li>to assert, state, or put forward: That poses a difficult problem</li><li>to put or place</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a bodily attitude or posture: Her pose had a note of defiance in it</li><li>a mental attitude or posture: a pose cultivated by the upper classes</li><li>the act or period of posing, as for a picture</li><li>a position or attitude assumed in posing, or exhibited by a figure in a picture, sculptural work, tableau, or the like</li><li>a moment in which a dancer remains motionless, usually in an assumed posture</li><li>a studied attitude; affectation: His liberalism is merely a pose</li></ul>