posing Definition

pose
noun

1. A position or attitude of the body.

Example: a relaxed pose
2. An artificial way of behaving, adopted for effect.

Example: His punk style is just a pose
Thesaurus: position, posture, stance, mien, role, bearing, façade, attitude, air, pretence, sham, mask, masquerade, act, affectation.

verb posed, posing

tr & intr
1. To take up a position oneself, or position (someone else), for a photograph, portrait, etc.

Thesaurus: model, sit, position, posture.
intr
2. derog
To behave in an exaggerated or artificial way so as to draw attention to oneself.
Thesaurus: masquerade, pretend, affect, impersonate, feign, put on an act, pass oneself off, sham.
intr
3. To pretend to be someone or something that one is not.

Example: The undercover detective posed as a drug addict to infiltrate the gang of dealers
Form: pose as someone (usually)
Form: pose as something
4. To ask or put forward (a question).

Thesaurus: advance, present, put forward, submit, state, posit.
5. To cause (a problem, etc) or present (a threat, etc).

Idiom: strike a pose

To adopt a position or attitude, especially a commanding or impressive one.

Etymology: 16c in verb sense 4; 15c in obsolete sense ‘to suppose': from French poser, from Latin pausare to cease or pause, but influenced by Latin ponere to place.