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posture

(noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"

(noun) position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

(noun) 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"

(noun) a rationalized mental attitude

(verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

(verb) 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"

 

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