· 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

Hypernym(s): move, displace

· 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