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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"

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

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"

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"

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.

Place; position; situation.

State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.

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.

To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.

Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.

The position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole. (Stedman, 25th ed.)

Attitude; placing or position of parts of the body; state.

To take a certain position.

Position of the body, as the erect posture, the recumbent posture, etc.; attitude.

The placing or position of the body: attitude: state or condition: disposition.

To place in a particular manner.

Attitude; position; condition.

To place in or assume a posture.

The position of the parts of the body.

Place; situation; the disposition of a figure and its several parts with regard to the eye, as a human body or a statue; attitude; position; frame.

To place and dispose in a particular way for a particular purpose.

See position.

n. [Latin] The situation of a figure with regard to the eye, and of the several principal members with regard to each other by which action is expressed ;-attitude ; position ;-disposition with regard to something else; situation ; - state ; condition ; - mental disposition ; frame.