noun
affected manners intended to impress others
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- don't put on airs with me
noun
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
noun
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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verb
introduce
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- This poses an interesting question
verb
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
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- We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
verb
pretend to be someone you are not
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- sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- She posed as the Czar's daughter
verb
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
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- Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!
- She postured and made a total fool of herself
verb
put into a certain place or abstract location
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- Put your things here
- Set the tray down
- Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
- Place emphasis on a certain point
verb
be a mystery or bewildering to
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- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me