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posture
(mass) | posture
- pozícia, situácia, postaviť, umiestnenie |
posture
(encz) | posture,postavit v: Zdeněk Brož |
posture
(encz) | posture,postoj n: |
posture
(encz) | posture,póza n: Zdeněk Brož |
posture
(encz) | posture,pozice n: Zdeněk Brož |
posture
(encz) | posture,situace n: Zdeněk Brož |
posture
(encz) | posture,umístění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Posture
(gcide) | Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. positura, fr.
ponere, positum, to place. See Position.]
1. 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.
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Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively
expressed . . . one would have sworn the very
picture had run. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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In most strange postures
We have seen him set himself. --Shak.
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The posture of a poetic figure is a description of
his heroes in the performance of such or such an
action. --Dryden.
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2. Place; position; situation. [Obs.] --Milton.
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His [man's] noblest posture and station in this
world. --Sir M. Hale.
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3. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or
of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a
posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
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The several postures of his devout soul.
--Atterbury.
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Syn: Attitude; position. See Attitude.
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Posture
(gcide) | Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Posturing.]
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. --Howell.
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Posture
(gcide) | Posture \Pos"ture\, v. i.
1. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the
body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or
contortionist; also, to pose.
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2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
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posture
(wn) | posture
n 1: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an
attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture,
attitude]
2: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good
posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture]
3: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance,
posture]
4: 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"
[syn: military capability, military strength, strength,
military posture, posture]
v 1: 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" [syn: pose, posture]
2: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the
woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose,
sit, posture] |
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change posture
(encz) | change posture, v: |
imposture
(encz) | imposture,podvod n: Zdeněk Brož |
military posture
(encz) | military posture, n: |
postured
(encz) | postured, |
Composture
(gcide) | Composture \Com*pos"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. compositura,
-postura, a joining.]
Manure; compost. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Exposture
(gcide) | Exposture \Ex*pos"ture\ (?;135), n. [Cf. Imposture.]
Exposure. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Imposture
(gcide) | Imposture \Im*pos"ture\, n. [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See
Impone.]
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under
a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
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From new legends
And fill the world with follies and impostures.
--Johnson.
Syn: Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
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Impostured
(gcide) | Impostured \Im*pos"tured\, a.
Done by imposture. [Obs.]
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Posture
(gcide) | Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. positura, fr.
ponere, positum, to place. See Position.]
1. 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.
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Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively
expressed . . . one would have sworn the very
picture had run. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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In most strange postures
We have seen him set himself. --Shak.
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The posture of a poetic figure is a description of
his heroes in the performance of such or such an
action. --Dryden.
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2. Place; position; situation. [Obs.] --Milton.
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His [man's] noblest posture and station in this
world. --Sir M. Hale.
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3. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or
of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a
posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
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The several postures of his devout soul.
--Atterbury.
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Syn: Attitude; position. See Attitude.
[1913 Webster]Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Posturing.]
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. --Howell.
[1913 Webster]Posture \Pos"ture\, v. i.
1. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the
body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or
contortionist; also, to pose.
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2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
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Postured
(gcide) | Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Posturing.]
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. --Howell.
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Posturer
(gcide) | Posturer \Pos`tur*er\, n.
One who postures.
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Self-imposture
(gcide) | Self-imposture \Self`-im*pos"ture\, n.
Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. --South.
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change posture
(wn) | change posture
v 1: undergo a change in bodily posture |
imposture
(wn) | imposture
n 1: pretending to be another person [syn: imposture,
impersonation] |
military posture
(wn) | military posture
n 1: 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" [syn: military capability, military strength,
strength, military posture, posture] |
posturer
(wn) | posturer
n 1: someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or
mislead others |
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