Dictionary definition · pose
noun
- affected manners intended to impress others"don't put on airs with me"
- a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
- a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
verb
- offer for others to consider"This poses an interesting question"
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
- pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions"She posed as the Czar's daughter"
- behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others"Don't pay any attention to him — he is always posing to impress his peers!"
- put into a certain place or abstract location"Put your things here"
- be a mystery or bewildering to"This beats me!"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).