Posture vs. Preen
Posturenoun
The way a person holds and positions their body.
Posturenoun
A situation or condition.
Posturenoun
One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
Posturenoun
(rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
Postureverb
(intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired
Postureverb
(intransitive) to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction
Postureverb
(transitive) To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.
Posturenoun
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.
Posturenoun
Place; position; situation.
Posturenoun
State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
Postureverb
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.
Postureverb
To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
Postureverb
Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
Posturenoun
position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;
Posturenoun
characteristic way of bearing one's body;
Posturenoun
a rationalized mental attitude
Posturenoun
capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war;
Postureverb
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others;
Postureverb
assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
Preennoun
A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
Preennoun
pin
Preennoun
bodkin; brooch
Preenverb
(transitive) To pin; fasten.
Preenverb
(of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
Preenverb
To show off, posture, or smarm.
Preenverb
To trim up, as trees.
Preennoun
A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
Preenverb
To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; - said of birds.
Preenverb
To trim up, as trees.
Preenverb
To dress (oneself) carefully or stylishly; to primp.
Preenverb
To pride (oneself) on one's accomplishments; to congratulate (oneself).
Preenverb
To dress up neatly and smartly; to make oneself well-groomed and well-dressed.
Preenverb
To feel proud of one's achievement; to swell or gloat.
Preenverb
clean with one's bill;
Preenverb
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
Preenverb
dress or groom with elaborate care;
