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POSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
Example:
he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting
Synonyms:
posing; sitting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("posing" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Derivation:
pose (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb pose
