Found 3 items, similar to Posture.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: posture sikap, sikap badan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: posture posture n 1: position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; “he assumed an attitude of surrender” [syn: position, attitude] 2: characteristic way of bearing one's body; “stood with good posture” [syn: carriage, bearing] 3: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance] 4: 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” [syn: military capability, military strength, strength, military posture] v 1: 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” [syn: pose] 2: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; “We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often” [syn: model, pose, sit]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Posture Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postured; p. pr. & vb. n. Posturing.] 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. --Howell. [1913 Webster] Posture \Pos"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. positura, fr. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.] 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. [1913 Webster] Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . . one would have sworn the very picture had run. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] In most strange postures We have seen him set himself. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in the performance of such or such an action. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Place; position; situation. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] His [man's] noblest posture and station in this world. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The several postures of his devout soul. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] Syn: Attitude; position. See Attitude. [1913 Webster] Posture \Pos"ture\, v. i. 1. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint. [1913 Webster]