poise
poise is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as verb, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- verb. Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
- verb. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- verb. The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
- verb. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- noun. To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
- noun. To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
- noun. To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
- noun. To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
- noun. To weigh (down); to oppress.
- intransitive verb. To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
- noun. great coolness and composure under strain
"keep your cool"
- noun. a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- noun. a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
- verb. hold or carry in equilibrium
- verb. cause to be balanced or suspended
- verb. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
- verb. be motionless, in suspension
"The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked"
Synonyms
aplomb, assuredness, cool, balance, brace
Common word forms
poised, poiser, poises, poising
Words from these letters
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