posture

noun

  1. 1

    characteristic way of bearing one's body

    stood with good posture

  2. 2

    the arrangement of the body and its limbs

    he assumed an attitude of surrender

  3. 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

  4. 4

    a rationalized mental attitude

verb

  1. 1

    assume a posture as for artistic purposes

    We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

  2. 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

Synonyms

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