Definition of posture

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Posture (n.) 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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Palpable :: Palpable (a.) Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors..
Sham :: Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug..
Trickery :: Trickery (n.) The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Movable :: Movable (a.) Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine..
Discubitory :: Discubitory (a.) Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture.
Falsehood :: Falsehood (n.) A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
Expression :: Expression (n.) That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling..
Couchant :: Couchant (v. t.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast..
Recline :: Recline (v. t.) Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
Erectly :: Erectly (adv.) In an erect manner or posture.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
Attitudinarian :: Attitudinarian (n.) One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.
Attitudinarianism :: Attitudinarianism (n.) A practicing of attitudes; posture making.
Catch :: Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch..
Squat :: Squat (n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise..
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