pose
To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
Verb 4 meanings
To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
“To pose a model for a picture.”
To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
Noun 2 meanings
Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
“Please adopt a more graceful pose for my camera.”
Affectation.
Etymology
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”).
POSE at a glance
POSE has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,987 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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