Posture

Definition: Posture

Posture

Noun

1. Position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender".

2. Characteristic way of bearing one's body: "stood with good posture".

3. A rationalized mental attitude.

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".

Verb

1. As for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "posture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Medicine

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Posture

Circumstance

Noun: circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status.

Form

Feature, lineament, turn; phase; (aspect); posture,feature, lineament, turn; phase; (aspect); posture, attitude, pose.

Situation

Noun: situation, position, locality, locale, status, footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose.

The Drama

Mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat; contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; chorus singer; coryphee danseuse.

Crosswords: Posture

French (posture).

I know I am going to miss the heels because they do something for my posture. And suddenly very aware and proud of my breasts (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford)

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious; however, I will provide you with a new body, and new troops to command (The Transformers: The Movie; writing credit: Ron Friedman)

Health: Your Posture (1953)

Posture Pals (1952)

Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (1949)

Posture and Personality (1949)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Expressive Movement: Posture and Action in Daily Life, Sports, and the Performing Arts (reference)

• Pete the Posture Parrot * Dinosaur Dreams (reference)

• Posture, Get It Straight! (reference)

• The Posture of Meditation: A Practical Manual for Meditators of All Traditions (reference)

• Zen in Motion: Lessons from a Master Archer on Breath, Posture, and the Path of Intuition (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Gait And Posture (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Time For You Post-Pregnancy Abdominal & Posture Conditioning (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

[Measuring girls height and weight] : [Children's Bureau: height, weight, and posture file]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Health, weight, and posture. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Children - care and hygiene : Young boy at a table showing bad posture. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Posture des Iroquoises. / Georges Deby 86. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

You'd better shape up good posture looks good. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

I must request that you maintain a more erect posture. Credit: Library of Congress.

Outdoor posture exercises. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He that shall oppose an assault only with a shield to receive the blows, or in any more respectful posture, without a sword in his hand, to abate the confidence and force of the assailant, will quickly be at an end of his resistance, and will find such a defence serve only to draw on himself the worse usage. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She fell upon the grass and remained in a crouching posture.

I heard a confused noise about me, but in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the sky.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

They may worsen when coughing, changing posture, or straining. (references)

Exertion, obesity, and poor posture can all cause pressure on the sciatic nerve. (references)

Stiffness may increase and patients may develop a hunched posture (kyphosis) or a swayback (lordosis). (references)

Economic History

Zimbabwe

In 1981, several MPs from Smith's party left to sit as "independents," signifying that they did not automatically accept his antigovernment posture. (references)

Laos

The new government that assumed power in December 1975 aligned itself with the Soviet bloc and adopted a hostile posture toward the West. (references)

Czech Republic

Czech forces are being downsized from 200,000 to 55,000 and at the same time reoriented toward a more defensive posture. (references)

Political Economy

Finland

Even though individual Conservative leaders and the party's youth organization have openly advocated Finnish NATO membership, the party backs the government's posture of nonalignment. (references)

Trade

Ghana

The contractual savings institutions have also undertaken a "safe" posture by investing in short-term government securities. (references)

Travel

West Bank

From time to time, the Embassy or Consulate General will temporarily suspend public services as necessary to review its security posture. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "posture": adopt a posture ♦ be in a standing posture ♦ change posture ♦ military posture. Additional references.

Ending with "posture": language-cum-posture.

Albanian

sjellje (bearing, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deal, dealing, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, going on, goings on, line, manner, manners), qëndrim (attitude, bearing, carriage, concernment, continuance, deportment, footing, halt, indwelling, mien, notch, poise, port, pose, stand, stay, stop, waiting), mbajtje e trupit (carriage, poise, port), gjendje (circumstance, circumstances, condition, fettle, form, medium, milieu, Nick, pass, picture, position, rating, shape, situation, state, status, the right, way). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وقفة (deportment, pause, station), ‏وضعة الجسد, ‏وضعة, ‏وضع (accentuate, affix, apply, bestow, bin, clap, conjuncture, dab, design, do, emplacement, estate, frame, install, job, lay, lay down, lay out, manner, outline, perch, place, placement, plant, posit, position, positioning, put, put down, put up, rank, return, set, set back, situation, status, stick down, stuff, tuck, utter, writing), ‏حالة (case, circumstance, condition, conjuncture, drama, estate, event, feather, fettle, incident, job, manner, nick, occurrence, phase, picture, place, plight, pose, position, rate, shape, situation, state, status, trim, way, weather, whack), ‏تظاهر (affect, assume, counterfeit, demonstrate, dissemble, dissimulate, fake, feign, feint, make believe, march, pose, pretence, pretend, put on, seem, sham, show, simulate, simulation), ‏إتخذ حالة (attitudinize), ‏أخذ وضع. (various references)

Bulgarian 

състояние (capital, case, condition, fettle, fig, fortune, means, pile, plight, position, repair, shape, state, substance, train, way), стойка (attitude, bipod, carriage, crutch, deportment, holder, leg, pier, pillar, port, post, rack, rest, riser, set, stand, tree), становище (attitude, outlook, position, stand, standpoint), отношение (attitude, bearing, concern, contact, count, deal, dealing, feeling, play, proportion, ratio, reference, regard, relation, relationship, respect, sentiment, stance, treatment), нагласям (adapt, adjust, doctor, pose, shape, tune), заемам поза (strike), заемам положение, поставям в някакво поза, поставям в някакво положение, поза (act, attitude, pose, set), позирам (attitudinize, pose, posturize, sit), положение (aspect, capacity, circumstance, fettle, footing, juncture, lay, place, placement, plight, point, position, provision, set, set up, siege, situation, standing, state, train, way). (various references)

Chinese 

姿势 (POSE, Postural), 姿態 (attitude, stance), 姿勢 (position). (various references)

Czech

postavení (emplacement, erection, position, rank, situation, state, station, status), zaujmout postavení, stav (condition, estate, fettle, frame of mind, order, profession, quality, sort, state, trim), figura (dummy, figure), držení (hold, holding). (various references)

Danish

stilling (handicraft, occupation, profession, trade), kropsstilling. (various references)

Dutch

houding (attitude, behaviour, conduct, deportment, position). (various references)

Farsi 

پز, چگونگی (Circumstance, Condition, How, Lie, Manner, Quality, State), قراردادن (Fix, Include, Lodge, Pack, Park, Plumb, Pose, Posit, Put, Row, Set), وضع (Aspect, Behavior, Deduction, Demeanour, Gesture, Imposition, Lie, Mien, Ordonnance, Phase, Poise, Pose, Position, Self, Setup, Situation, Speed, Stance, Station, Status, Stick, Trim), حالت (Attitude, Case, Condition, Estate, Grain, If, Mood, Pose, Predicament, Self, Situation, Speed, Stance, State, Status, Temper, Temperament, Trim, Vein), طرزایستادن یاقرارگرفتن . (various references)

Finnish

asento (attention, carriage, pose, position). (various references)

French

posture. (various references)

German

Stellung (ambassadorship, attitude, class, dignity, emplacement, place, pose, position, post, situation, stance, standing, standung, station, status), Körperhaltung (bearing, deportment), posieren (attitudinize, pose, to attitudinize), Haltung (attitude, bearing, composure, demeanor, deportment, manner, owning, poise, pose, position, presence, set, stance, style). (various references)

Greek 

στάση ή θέση, στάση (attitude, bearing, bus stop, insurgence, insurgency, mutiny, pose, rebellion, revolt, riot, sedition, stance, stand, standing, standstill, stasis, stop, stopover), πόζα (pose, still). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעמד (caste, class, estate, position, post, presence, rank, see, standard, standing, state, station, status), מערך הגוף, מצג (display, exposition, pose, presentation, stand, station), יציבה (carriage, standing), תנוחה (halt, pause, position, rest, stance), פוזה (pose), עמדה (attitude, domicile, position, stance, stand, standing, standing place, station, status). (various references)

Hungarian

póz (attitude, frills, poise, pose, stance), testtartás (attitude, bearing, carriage, gait, pose, seat, set-up), elhelyezkedés (arrangement, berth, displacement, disposition, establishing, localization, location, post, settling down, situation). (various references)

Indonesian

sikap badan (pose), sikap (bearing, demeanor, effrontery). (various references)

Italian

postura (grazing), posizione (arrangement, attitude, bearing, bearings, emplacement, footing, function, job, layout, lead, level, lie, location, place, position, ranking, setting, situation, stall, stand, standing, state, surroundings), posa (affectation, attitude, exposure, laying, placing, pose, position, reclines, setting), atteggiamento (attitude, deportment, pose). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

身構え , 腰付き (gait), 見得 (pose), 恰好 (appearance, form, manner, moderateness, shape, suitability), 構え (pose, style), 格好 (appearance, form, manner, moderateness, shape, suitability), 体位 (physical standard, physique), 体勢 (stance), 姿勢　 (attitude), 姿勢 (attitude). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいせい (accomplishment, attainment of greatness or success, attitude, blackish blue, completion, conditions, current thought, decay, decline, general trend, gestation, great sage, ones declining fortunes, one's declining fortunes, opposing pairs, order, organization, preparations, resistance, set-up, sovereign power, stance, structure, system, the Occident, the reins of government, the West), たいい (abdication, captain, physical standard, physique, schema), しせい (administration, attitude, city conditions, devotion, female, four tones, government, great poet, life and death, municipal census, municipal government, municipal organization, municipality, one's nature or disposition, private, sincerity, statesmanship, tattoo, the four castes, the four great sages, the street, the town), かまえ (pose, style), かっこう (appearance, bishop, cuckoo, descent, each clause, each item, form, manner, moderateness, shape, suitability), こしつき (gait), みがまえ, みえ (appearance, attraction, charm, display, pose, show, vanity). (various references)

Korean 

자세 (POSE, stance). (various references)

Manx

soiaghey (beset, determine, fix, implant, incursion, installation, let, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, repose, seat, set, set up, setting, settle, situate, situation, station, synchronize), ard-cheimnaghey (strut). (various references)

Pig Latin

osturepay.(various references)

Portuguese

postura (attitude, emplacement, lay, laying, pose, position, stance). (various references)

Romanian

poziţie socialã (carriage, condition, order, post, rating, social standing, station, status), poza (attitudinize, pose, show, sit, strike an attitude), posturã (poise, position, stance, stand, station), stare (class, condition, estate, fortune, humor, humour, keep, plight, property, rank, remaining, repose, rest, situation, sort, standing, state, station, way, wealth), situaţie (account, berth, billet, case, condition, eminence, footing, location, position, report, setting, site, situation, state), aranja (adjust, arrange, clench, compose, compound, concert, conclude, contrive, dispose, do, do out, engineer, fiddle, fix, fix up, impose, juggle, Marshal, order, organize, pose, put in order, put to rights, put up, set, set out, set to rights, settle, size, stage, Stow, straighten, suit, tidy, tidy up, trim), ţinutã (attire, attitude, bearing, behavior, behaviour, carriage, clothing, conduct, deportment, figure, gait, garb, hang, manner, mien, rig, set, suit, trim, uniform). (various references)

Russian 

положение (condition, degree, fettle, footing, lie, location, position, site, situs, standing, state). (various references)

Scottish

seasamh (posture of standing, standing, state of), iugh (a particular posture in which the dead are placed). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

postaviti se, zauzeti izveštačen stav, stav (attitude, movement, paragraph, pose, setup, stance, stand), duševno raspoloženje, držanje (attitude, bearing, carriage, hold, holding, manner, mien, observance, occupancy, pose, setup). (various references)

Spanish

postura (attitude, bid, bidding, pose, position, stance, stand). (various references)

Swedish

posering, hållning (attitude, bearing, carriage, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, firmness, front, mien, presence, set). (various references)

Turkish

poz vermek (pose, sit, sit for), poz (attitude, copy, exposure, pose, time exposure), yapmacık tavır takınmak, vaziyet (ball game, factual situation, pass, set, set up, stance, state of affairs), tavır (address, air, aspect, attitude, behavior, behaviour, carriage, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, face, form, manner, mien, port, pose, presence, put on, tone), taslamak (affect, assume, dissimulate, pose, pretend to, put it on), hal (aspect, circs, condition, demeanor, demeanour, estate, event, face, fettle, lay, plight, repair, set, sight, situation, stand, state, status), durum (attitude, ball game, case, circumstance, condition, conditions, conjuncture, context, estate, event, fact, fettle, footing, instance, lay, lie, occasion, pass, plight, position, repair, score, set, set up, shape, showing, situation, situs, stance, stand, state, state of affairs, status, trim, way), duruş (attitude, carriage, hang, poise, port, pose, position, stance, stand). (various references)

Ukrainian

ставити в позу (pose), стан (angle, camp, character, condition, fettle, look, plight, shape, state, waist, way), настрій (cheer, cue, disposition, humor, humour, mood, spirit, temper, vein), постава (attitude, poise, port, presence, set up), позувати (attitudinize, pose), поза (above, attitude, beyond, outside, plant, playacting, pose, position, stance). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tư thế, tình hình (fettle, lie, way), dáng bộ tình thế, dáng điệu (action, air, appearance). (various references)

Welsh

ystum (attitude, bend, form, grimaces). (various references)

gestus, positura. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "posture": postured, posturer, posturers, postures. (additional references)

Words ending with "posture": imposture. (additional references)

Words containing "posture": impostures. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Posture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: costure, Opositora, Pesquero, petsure, postier, postori, postule, postur, potare, potere, potur, poture. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: petrous, pouters, proteus, spouter, troupes.

-1 letter: erupts, ouster, outers, poseur, poster, pouter, presto, purest, repots, respot, roupet, routes, souter, sprout, stoper, stoure, stupor, topers, tropes, troupe, uprose, uptore.

-2 letters: erupt, estop, euros, outer, outre, pesto, poets, pores, ports, poser, pours, pouts, prest, prose, prost, purse, repos, repot, ropes, roset, rotes, roues, roups, rouse, roust, route, routs, setup, spore.

+1 letter: apterous, outpress, postured, posturer, postures, poulters, proudest, resprout, roupiest, spouters, sprouted, superhot, troupers, upstroke.

+2 letters: computers, croupiest, dipterous, eruptions, imposture, mousetrap, outcapers, outpowers, outpreens, outprices, outspread, paroquets, polluters, posturers, poultries, proestrus, prosateur, prosecute, proteuses, protrudes, proustite, pterosaur, resprouts, sporulate, superport, supersoft, supported, supporter, unstopper, upholster, uppermost, uprooters, upstrokes, uptowners.

+3 letters: corrupters, corruptest, counterspy, eutrophies, importunes, impostures, mousetraps, outpressed, outpresses, outpromise, outsparkle, outspreads, overtrumps, peculators, periosteum, persecutor, petroleums, pirouettes, portentous, pothunters, poulterers, prosateurs, prosecuted, prosecutes, prosecutor, prospectus, prostitute, protrusive, proustites, pterosaurs, pyrolusite, recomputes, resprouted, resumption, rudderpost, speculator, sporulated, sporulates, subproject, subreption, superports, superscout, superstock, superstore, supertonic, suppletory, supporters, supportive, tropopause, turophiles, underplots, unstoppers, upholsters, upholstery, waterspout.