Noun

• S: (n) 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"

Verb

• S: (v) present, pose (introduce) "This poses an interesting question"
• S: (v) model, pose, sit, posture (assume a posture as for artistic purposes) "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
• S: (v) pose, impersonate, personate (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions) "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
• S: (v) pose, posture (behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others) "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
• S: (v) 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"
• S: (v) 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--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"