pose

1. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.Examples: "To pose a model for a picture."transitive

2. (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).transitive

3. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).Examples: "Rather, they are concerned with the threat Iran poses to the region and the world."; "Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence."; "The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad."transitive

4. (transitive, in the phrase "to pose as") To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.transitive

5. (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.Examples: "He […] posed before her as a hero."intransitive

6. (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.Examples: "dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle."intransitive

1. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.Examples: "And hit fortuned that after .iii. dayes, they founde hym in the temple sittinge in the middes of the doctours, both hearynge them, and posinge them."; "'Tis my solitary recreation to pose my apprehension with those involved Ænigmas and riddles of the Trinity, with Incarnation and Resurrection."obsolete

2. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.archaic

3. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).archaic