1. (

• sitting ,
• posing

) (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" ;

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;