posture

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.

2. 2noun

   Place; position; situation.

3. 3noun

   State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.

4. 4transitive verb

   To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.

6. 6intransitive verb

   Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.

7. 7noun

   characteristic way of bearing one's body

   "stood with good posture"

   Synonyms

   bearingcarriage
8. 8noun

   the arrangement of the body and its limbs

   "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

   Synonyms

   attitudeposition
9. 9noun

   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"

   Synonyms

   strength
10. 10noun

    a rationalized mental attitude

    Synonyms

    positionstance
11. 11verb

    assume a posture as for artistic purposes

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

    Synonyms

    modelposesit
12. 12verb

    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

    pose