| posture | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. attitude, position, posture | the arrangement of the body and its limbs.; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" |
| ~ order arms | a position in the manual of arms; the rifle is held vertically on the right side with the butt on the ground; often used as a command. |
| ~ bodily property | an attribute of the body. |
| ~ ballet position | classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet. |
| ~ decubitus | a reclining position (as in a bed). |
| ~ eversion | the position of being turned outward.; "the eversion of the foot" |
| ~ lithotomy position | a position lying on your back with knees bent and thighs apart; assumed for vaginal or rectal examination. |
| ~ lotus position | a sitting position with the legs crossed; used in yoga. |
| ~ missionary position | a position for sexual intercourse; a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top; so-called because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples. |
| ~ pose | a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes. |
| ~ presentation | (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal.; "Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations" |
| ~ ectopia | abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth). |
| ~ asana | (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga). |
| ~ guard | a posture of defence in boxing or fencing.; "keep your guard up" |
| ~ sprawling, sprawl | an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about. |
| ~ stance | standing posture. |
| ~ tuck | (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. bearing, carriage, posture | characteristic way of bearing one's body.; "stood with good posture" |
| ~ bodily property | an attribute of the body. |
| ~ manner of walking, walk | manner of walking.; "he had a funny walk" |
| ~ slouch | a stooping carriage in standing and walking. |
| ~ gracefulness | beautiful carriage. |
| ~ clumsiness, awkwardness | the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. position, posture, stance | a rationalized mental attitude. |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ hard line | a firm and uncompromising stance or position.; "the governor took a hard line on drugs" |
| ~ point of view, standpoint, viewpoint, stand | a mental position from which things are viewed.; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. military capability, military posture, military strength, posture, strength | 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" |
| ~ sea power | naval strength. |
| ~ capability, capableness | the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally.; "he worked to the limits of his capability" |
| ~ firepower | (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| v. (social) | 5. pose, posture | 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" |
| ~ deport, acquit, behave, comport, conduct, bear, carry | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| ~ attitudinise, attitudinize | assume certain affected attitudes. |
| v. (perception) | 6. model, pose, posture, sit | assume a posture as for artistic purposes.; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ display, exhibit, expose | to show, make visible or apparent.; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" |
| ~ ramp | be rampant.; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" |
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