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Definition pose

Etymology 1

From Middle English pose, from Old English ?eposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English ?epos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pus? (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pus?n?, *pusjan? (“to snort, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).

Noun

pose (plural poses)

  1. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.

Etymology 2

From Middle English posen, from Old French poser (“to put, place, stell, settle, lodge”), from Vulgar Latin paus?re (“to blin, cease, pause”), from Latin pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (paûsis); influenced by Latin p?nere.

Verb

pose (third-person singular simple present poses, present participle posing, simple past and past participle posed)

  1. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
  2. (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
  3. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
  4. (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
  5. (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
Noun

pose (plural poses)

  1. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
  2. Affectation.

Etymology 3

From Middle English posen, a combination of aphetic forms of Middle English aposen and opposen. More at appose, oppose.

Verb

pose (third-person singular simple present poses, present participle posing, simple past and past participle posed)

  1. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
  2. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
  3. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).

Results 186 Words with the letters POSE

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6 letter words with the letters POSE 
5 letter words with the letters POSE 
COPES 11
COPSE 11
EXPOS 15
HOPES 10
MOPES 11
PEPOS 11
POEMS 11
POESY 10
POKES 12
POMES 11
POPES 11
POXES 15
SCOPE 11
SEPOY 10
SPOKE 12
4 letter words with the letters POSE 
EPOS 7
OPES 7
PESO 7
POSE 7
3 letter words with the letters POSE 
OES 3
OPE 6
OPS 6
OSE 3
PES 6
SOP 6
2 letter words with the letters POSE 
ES 2
OE 2
OP 5
OS 2
PE 5
SO 2

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