· affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me"
Synonym(s): airs
Hypernym(s): affectedness
· a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
Hypernym(s): position, posture, attitude
· a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Synonym(s): affectation, mannerism, affectedness
Hypernym(s): pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
· introduce; "This poses an interesting question"
Synonym(s): present
Hypernym(s): constitute, represent, make_up, comprise, be
· assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
Synonym(s): model, sit, posture
Hypernym(s): expose, exhibit, display
· pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
Synonym(s): impersonate, personate
Hypernym(s): deceive, betray, lead_astray
· 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"
Synonym(s): posture
Hypernym(s): behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
· 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"
Synonym(s): put, set, place, position, lay
· 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"
Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Hypernym(s): confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate