pose

/pəʊz/ verb

Definition

pose a danger/problem/threat, etc › to cause a problem: A lot of these chemicals pose very real threats to our health.

BE STILL [I] › to stay in a particular position so that someone can paint or photograph you: The two leaders posed for photographs outside the White House.

ATTRACT ATTENTION [I] mainly UK › to try to make people notice and admire you, especially by looking fashionable: Pascal was posing in his new sunglasses.

pose a question formal › to ask a question

(Definition of pose verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)