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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