present or constitute (a problem or danger)

the sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area

assume a particular position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn

the prime minister posed for photographers

pretend to be (someone or something)

an armed gang posed as policemen to ambush a postman

a literary novel posing as a spy thriller

behave affectedly in order to impress others

some people like to drive kit cars, but most just like to pose in them

a way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn

photographs of boxers in ferocious poses

a particular way of behaving adopted in order to impress or to give a false impression

the man dropped his pose of amiability

puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem

we have thus posed the mathematician and the historian