pose

pose (http://definr.com/pose)

     n 1: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on
          airs with me" [syn: airs]
     2: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation,
         mannerism]
     v 1: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: present]
     2: as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed
        for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, sit, posture]
     3: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent
        intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: impersonate,
         personate]
     4: behave affectedly in order to impress others; "Don't pay any
        attention to him--he is always posing to impress his
        peers!"
     5: 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" [syn: put, set, place, position, lay]