Verb
1. introduce;
"This poses an interesting question"2. assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"3. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;
"She posed as the Czar's daughter"4. 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"5. put into a certain place or abstract location;
"Put your things here""Set the tray down""Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children""Place emphasis on a certain point"6. be a mystery or bewildering to;
"This beats me!""Got me--I don't know the answer!""a vexing problem""This question really stuck me"