pose
/poʊz/ verb C1- To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect. · To pose a model for a picture.
- To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
- To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
- To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
- To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
He/she/it poses · Past posed · Past participle posed · -ing form posing
Verb forms
- Base form
- pose
- He/she/it
- poses
- Past
- posed
- Past participle
- posed
- -ing form
- posing
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Then it was that the Madness of Manhattan, the frenzy of Fuss and Feathers, the Bacillus of Brag, the Provincial Plague of Pose seized upon Towers Chandler.
He could see that she was vastly impressed by this vague talk, so he endorsed his pose by random insinuations concerning great wealth, and mentioned familiarly a few names that are handled reverently by the proletariat.
We may take it, therefore, that the letter was composed by an educated man who wished to pose as an uneducated one, and his effort to conceal his own writing suggests that that writing might be known, or come to be known, by you.
This posing at the piano and over the album was only a little ruse adopted by way of precaution.
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