to posture

Definition of to posture in English English dictionary: to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction
The politicians couldn't really care less about the issue -- they're just posturing for the media.; The way a person holds and positions their body
Rise, sir, from this semi-recumbent posture. It is most indecorous.; One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person
But it is not true, no sane person can call it true, that man as a whole in his general attitude towards the world, in his posture towards death or green fields, towards the weather or the baby, will be wise to cultivate dissatisfaction.; A situation or condition
Uncle Jim stopped amazed. His brain did not instantly rise to the new posture of things.; to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired
If you're finished posturing in front of the mirror, can I use the bathroom now?.; The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation
The Moon beheld in any posture, in respect of the Sun and us, sheweth us its superficies ... always equally clear.; {n} an attitude, situation, state, place; {v} to put in a particular situation; body position while performing a skill; position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"; To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose; to put ones body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired; characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"; Alan Cooper defined posture as "a program's behavioral stance - the way it presents itself to the user - it should reflect how it is used, rather than an arbitrary standard " All too often, UI designers slavishly copy an existing interface because it is "cool" or its owner made a great deal of money with it; n body position while performing a skill; 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"; Your posture is the position in which you stand or sit. You can make your stomach look flatter instantly by improving your posture Sit in a relaxed upright posture; 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"; a Smooth; The hips are tucked under the body structure b Rhythm; Hips are released; The position of the body or of parts of the body; To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint; Body position and stance; 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; This is noted in models by the way they stand The position of the shoulders and control of the stomach, the buttocks and the pelvis are important to a model's good posture; assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"; ones attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person; position of the body; the distribution of body mass in relation to gravity; 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; {f} set in a particular position; stand in a particular position; pretend, feign; The position of the whole manikin (global posture) or of parts of the manikin such as hand posture (local posture); Place; position; situation; The attitude, placement and carriage of the body; {i} viewpoint, standpoint; pose, position; stance; condition, state; mood, attitude; State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs; The position of the rider's body which preconditions the degree of relaxation the rider and horse achieve; disapproval You can say that someone is posturing when you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are trying to give a particular impression in order to deceive people. She says the President may just be posturing. + posturing pos·tur·ing Any calls for a new UN resolution are largely political posturing; The way the body is carried; The position of the body reflecting an attitude; a rationalized mental attitude; The attitude of the body Posture is maintained by low-grade, continuous contraction of muscles which counteract the pull of gravity on body parts Injury to the nervous system can impair the ability to maintain normal posture, for example holding up the head; The position of the body or of parts of the body (Kybdy, Gr 1); Fig; The inclination of the tool determined by the roll, pitch and yaw angles in case of 6-axis robot The tool direction determined by the angle around Z-axis in case of 4-axes robot; The musculoskeletal position at rest In other words, it's how your body is positioned Recent research from scientists in the medical community have indicated that poor posture can lead to decreased or deteriorated body function Poor posture, in chiropractic terms, is related to multiple subluxations; A posture is an attitude that you have towards something. The military machine is ready to change its defensive posture to one prepared for action = position, stance