Definition of Posing

Noun: posing pow-zing

(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 posing";
- sitting

Verb: pose powz

(of a question, problem, etc) ask, set or introduce
"This poses an interesting question";
- present
(art) assume a posture as for artistic purposes
"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often";
- model, sit, posture
Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
"She posed as the Czar's daughter";
- impersonate, personate
Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
"Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!";
- posture
Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
"pose your things here";
- put, set, place, position, lay
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound