pose
n 1: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on
airs with me" [syn: {airs}]
2: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: {affectation},
{mannerism}]
v 1: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: {present}]
2: as for artistic purposes [syn: {model}, {sit}, {posture}]
3: pretend to be someone you are not; with fraudulent
intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: {impersonate},
{personate}]
4: behave affectedly in order to impress others
5: pretend to be someone or something else [syn: {masquerade}]
6: place firmly [syn: {situate}, {fix}, {posit}, {deposit}]
7: place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" [syn: {drape}]
8: put into a certain place: "Put your things here"; "Set the
tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the mising
children"; also with abstract objects and locations:
"Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: {put}, {set}, {place},
{position}, {lay}]
9: direct or put; seek an answer to: "ask a question"; "pose a
problem to one's students" [syn: {ask}]