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posture
1. the arrangement of the body and its limbs (Freq. 9) - he assumed an attitude of surrender • Syn: position, attitude • Derivationally related forms: attitudinise (for: attitude), postural • Hypernyms: bodily property • Hyponyms: order arms, ballet position, decubitus, eversion, lithotomy position, lotus position, missionary position, pose, presentation, ectopia, asana, guard, sprawl, sprawling, stance, tuck • Attrubites: erect, vertical, upright, unerect 2. characteristic way of bearing one's body (Freq. 1) - stood with good posture • Syn: carriage, bearing • Derivationally related forms: postural, bear (for: bearing), carry (for: carriage) • Hypernyms: bodily property • Hyponyms: walk, manner of walking, slouch, gracefulness, awkwardness, clumsiness 3. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war - we faced an army of great strength - politicians have neglected our military posture • Syn: military capability, military strength, strength, military posture • Topics: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine • Hypernyms: capability, capableness • Hyponyms: sea power, firepower 4. a rationalized mental attitude • Syn: position, stance • Derivationally related forms: stand (for: stance) • Hypernyms: attitude, mental attitude • Hyponyms: hard line, point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint
1. assume a posture as for artistic purposes - We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often • Syn: model, pose, sit • Derivationally related forms: sitter (for: sit), sitting (for: sit), pose (for: pose), poser (for: pose), posing (for: pose), model (for: model) • Topics: art, artistic creation, artistic production • Hypernyms: expose, exhibit, display • Hyponyms: ramp • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 2. 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 • Syn: pose • Derivationally related forms: pose (for: pose) • Hypernyms: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry • Hyponyms: attitudinize, attitudinise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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