pose

/pəʊz/ noun

Definition

POSITION [C] › the position that you stay in while someone photographs or paints you: an elegant pose

PRETENDING [no plural] › when someone pretends to be more clever or interesting than they really are: She's not really interested in art, it's just a pose.

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

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