pose

A position of the body, especially one held for a picture or an exercise.

• Hold that pose for a moment.
• The artist asked her to change her pose.
• Which yoga poses help your back?

Similar words: position, posture

Common phrases: strike a pose, yoga pose, hold a pose

A position of the body that is strange or uncommon.

• He fell asleep in a strange pose.
• Her twisted pose made everyone stop and stare.
• The statue has an unusually awkward pose.

Similar words: posture, position

Common phrases: awkward pose, strange pose, unusual pose

To hold your body in a particular position, often for a picture.

• Please pose for the camera.
• The children posed beside their father.
• She often poses for local artists.

How to use it: pose for someone/something (We posed for a photograph outside the house.)

Similar words: model

Common phrases: pose for someone, pose for photographs, pose together

To ask a question or give someone a problem to think about.

• Let me pose a question.
• The teacher posed a difficult riddle.
• What questions will you pose to the speaker?

How to use it: pose something to someone (She posed a question to the class.)

Similar words: ask, put forward

Common phrases: pose a question, pose a problem, pose a riddle