Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pose | Yes | No | Yes | No |
poise | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pose (noun) | poise (noun) |
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a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | great coolness and composure under strain |
affected manners intended to impress others | a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second |
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes | a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium |
pose (verb) | poise (verb) |
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be a mystery or bewildering to | hold or carry in equilibrium |
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | cause to be balanced or suspended |
put into a certain place or abstract location | prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult |
assume a posture as for artistic purposes | be motionless, in suspension |
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | |
offer for others to consider |