POSING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

Example:

he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting

Synonyms:

posing; sitting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("posing" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Derivation:

pose (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

-ing form of the verb pose