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.
OTHER WORDS FROM pose
pos·a·ble, adjective pos·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby pose
Definition for pose (2 of 3)
pose
2
[ pohz ]
/ poʊz /
verb (used with object), posed, pos·ing.
to embarrass or baffle, as by a difficult question or problem.
Obsolete.
to examine by putting questions.
Origin of pose
2
1520–30; aphetic variant of obsolete
appose, variant of
oppose, used in sense of Latin
appōnere to put to
Definition for pose (3 of 3)
posé
[ poh-zey; French paw-zey ]
/ poʊˈzeɪ; French pɔˈzeɪ /
noun, plural po·sés [poh-zeyz; French paw-zey] /poʊˈzeɪz; French pɔˈzeɪ/. Ballet.
a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
Origin of posé
1925–30; < French: poised, past participle of
poser to pose; see
pose1
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British Dictionary definitions for pose (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 pose (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