pose in WordNet English dictionary

1. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
   affectation  mannerism  pose  affectedness 
   
2. affected manners intended to impress others
   "don't put on airs with me"
   airs  pose 
   
3. a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
   pose 
   

1. 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"
   perplex  vex  stick  get  puzzle  mystify  baffle  beat  pose  bewilder  flummox  stupefy  nonplus  gravel  amaze  dumbfound 
   
2. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
   "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
   pose  impersonate  personate 
   
3. 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"
   put  set  place  pose  position  lay 
   
4. assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
   model  pose  sit  posture 
   
5. 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"
   pose  posture 
   
6. introduce
   "This poses an interesting question"
   present  pose