Definition of pose

"pose" in the noun sense

1. airs, pose

affected manners intended to impress others

"don't put on airs with me"

2. pose

a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

3. affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness

a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

"pose" in the verb sense

1. present, pose

introduce

"This poses an interesting question"

2. model, pose, sit, posture

assume a posture as for artistic purposes

"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

3. pose, impersonate, personate

pretend to be someone you are not sometimes with fraudulent intentions

"She posed as the Czar's daughter"

4. pose, posture

behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

"Don't pay any attention to him

5. put, set, place, pose, position, lay

put into a certain place or abstract location

"Put your things here"

"Set the tray down"

"Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"

"Place emphasis on a certain point"

6. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

be a mystery or bewildering to

"This beats me!"

"Got me

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Quotations for pose

Being natural is simply a pose. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

pose in Scrabble®

The word pose is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters pose:

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pose in Words With Friends™

The word pose is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters pose:

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The 109 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In pose

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Words containing the sequence pose

Words that start with pose (8 words)

Words with pose in them (151 words)

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Shorter words in pose

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Longer words containing pose

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