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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.

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Broader term 14

Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Behave 76% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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Capability 76% connected

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

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Capableness 76% connected

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Comport 76% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Deport 76% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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Display 76% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Exhibit 76% connected

To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to disp…

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Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Manner of action 2

Attitudinize 76% connected

To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.

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Ramp 76% connected

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

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Narrower term 15

Clumsiness 76% connected

The quality of being clumsy.

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Decubitus 76% connected

An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus.

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Ectopia 76% connected

A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

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Eversion 76% connected

The act of eversing; destruction.

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Guard 76% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Presentation 76% connected

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

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Slouch 76% connected

A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat br…

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Sprawl 76% connected

To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.

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Sprawling 76% connected

of Sprawl

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Stance 76% connected

A stanza.

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Standpoint 76% connected

A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are c…

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Tuck 76% connected

A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Posing 74% connected

of Pose

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Posing 74% connected

of Pose

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Postural 74% connected

Of or pertaining to posture.

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Postural 74% connected

Of or pertaining to posture.

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Sitter 74% connected

One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

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Sitter 74% connected

One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

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Stand 74% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Stand 74% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Attribute 6

Erect 66% connected

Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

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Erect 66% connected

Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

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Upright 66% connected

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

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Upright 66% connected

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

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Vertical 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

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Vertical 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

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Synonym 9

Attitude 92% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Bearing 92% connected

of Bear

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Carriage 92% connected

That which is carried; burden; baggage.

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Model 92% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Pose 92% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 92% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Sit 92% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Stance 92% connected

A stanza.

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Strength 92% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

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