Main entry: pose, affectation, affectedness, mannerism
Definition: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Definition: affected manners intended to impress others
Usage: don't put on airs with me
Main entry: pose
Definition: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
Main entry: dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stick, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex
Definition: be a mystery or bewildering to
Usage: This beats me!; Got me--I don't know the answer!; a vexing problem; This question really stuck me
Main entry: impersonate, personate, pose
Definition: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
Usage: She posed as the Czar's daughter
Main entry: put, place, pose, position, set, lay
Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point
Main entry: model, pose, posture, sit
Definition: assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Usage: We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
Definition: behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
Usage: Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!; She postured and made a total fool of herself
Definition: introduce
Usage: This poses an interesting question