meaning of posture
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.
2. Place; position; situation.
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.
4. To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture ones self; to posture a model.
5. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
6. Fig. : To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
7. characteristic way of bearing ones body; "stood with good
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Related Words
posture | postured | posturer |
