pose

1
[ pohz ]
/ poʊz /

verb (used without object), posed, pos·ing.

verb (used with object), posed, pos·ing.

noun

Origin of pose

1
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 basic sense of Latin pōnere “to put, place” and represents it in French borrowings of its prefixed derivatives (see compose, depose, etc.), probably reinforced by the accidental resemblance of poser to positum, past participle of pōnere; (noun) derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR pose

3 sit, model.
7 See position.

OTHER WORDS FROM pose

pos·a·ble, adjective pos·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby pose

porţile de fier, pos, pos., posada, posadas, pose, poseidon, posen, poser, poseur, posey

Example sentences from the Web for posable

British Dictionary definitions for posable (1 of 2)

pose 1
/ (pəʊz) /

verb

to assume or cause to assume a physical attitude, as for a photograph or painting
(intr often foll by as) to pretend to be or present oneself (as something one is not)
(intr) to affect an attitude or play a part in order to impress others
(tr) to put forward, ask, or assert to pose a question

noun

a physical attitude, esp one deliberately adopted for or represented by an artist or photographer
a mode of behaviour that is adopted for effect

Word Origin for pose

C14: from Old French poser to set in place, from Late Latin pausāre to cease, put down (influenced by Latin pōnere to place)

British Dictionary definitions for posable (2 of 2)

pose 2
/ (pəʊz) /

verb (tr)

rare to puzzle or baffle
archaic to question closely

Word Origin for pose

C16: from obsolete appose, from Latin appōnere to put to, set against; see oppose