• noun:   a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
• noun:   affected manners intended to impress others
• noun:   a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
• verb:   behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
• verb:   pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

  Example: "She posed as the Czar's daughter"

• verb:   assume a posture as for artistic purposes

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

• verb:   introduce

  Example: "This poses an interesting question"

• verb:   put into a certain place or abstract location
• verb:   be a mystery or bewildering to

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