English > pose: 9 senses > verb 5, contactMeaning | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
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Model | They pose the bags on the table |
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Synonyms | put, set, place, position, lay |
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Narrower | appose | place side by side or in close proximity |
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arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
barrel | put in barrels / barrels |
bed | put to bed |
bottle | put into bottles |
bucket | put into a bucket |
butt | place end to end without overlapping |
clap | put quickly or forcibly |
cock | Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing |
coffin | place into a coffin |
cram | put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled |
dispose | Place or put in a particular order |
docket | place on the docket for legal action |
emplace | put into place or position |
emplace | Provide a new emplacement for guns |
ensconce, settle | Fix firmly |
glycerolize, glycerolise | place in glycerol |
ground | place or put on the ground |
imbricate | place so as to overlap |
insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce | introduce |
install, instal, put in, set up | Set up for use |
intersperse | place at intervals in or among |
jar | place in a cylindrical vessel |
juxtapose | place side by side |
ladle | put (a liquid / liquid) into a container by means of a ladle |
lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position |
lean | Cause to lean or incline |
load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance |
marshal | place in proper rank |
middle | put in the middle / middle |
misplace | place or position wrongly |
nestle, snuggle | Position comfortably |
parallelize | place parallel to one another |
park | place temporarily |
perch | Cause to perch or sit |
pigeonhole | place into a small compartment |
pile | place or lay as if in a pile |
pillow, rest | rest on or as if on a pillow |
plant, set | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground |
plant | place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe / observe or deceive |
poise | Cause to be balanced or suspended |
position | Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation |
postpose | place after another constituent in the sentence |
prepose | place before another constituent in the sentence |
rack up | place in a rack / rack |
recess | put into a recess |
recline | Cause to recline |
replace, put back | put something back where it belongs |
repose | To put something (eg trust) in something |
reposition | place into another position |
rest | put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying |
seat, sit, sit down | show to a seat / seat / seat |
seat | Place or attach firmly in or on a base |
seat | Place in or on a seat |
set | put into a position that will restore a normal state |
set down | put or settle into a position |
set down, put down, place down | Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place |
settle, settle down | Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground |
shelve | place on a shelf |
ship | place on board a ship |
sign | place signs, as along a road |
siphon | Move a liquid / liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action |
situate, fix, posit, deposit | put (something somewhere) firmly |
sow, seed | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth |
space | place at intervals |
stand, stand up, place upright | put into an upright position |
step | place (a ship's mast) in its step |
stratify | form, arrange, or deposit in layers |
superimpose, superpose, lay over | place on top of |
superpose | place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide |
tee, tee up | place on a tee |
throw, thrust | place or put with great energy |
throw | To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly |
trench | Set, plant, or bury in a trench |
underlay | put (something) under or beneath |
upend | set, turn, or stand on end |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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Spanish | colocar, dejar, depositar, poner, posar, posicionar, situar, ubicar |
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Catalan | depositar, posar, posicionar, situar, ubicar |
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English > pose: 9 senses > verb 6, cognitionMeaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
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Synonyms | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound |
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Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
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riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle |
stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded |
Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
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Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender |
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Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar |
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Nouns | poser | a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem |
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