Posture is the way you position your body or arrange your limbs. So stand up straight, put your shoulders back, and lift that chin up.
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
Noun
characteristic way of bearing one''s body; "stood with good posture"
Noun
position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
Noun
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"
Noun
a rationalized mental attitude
Verb
assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don''t know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
Verb
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"
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.
n.
Place; position; situation.
n.
State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or
of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of
defense; the posture of affairs.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort
the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist;
also, to pose.
v. i.
Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
Posture
Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . . one would have sworn the very picture had run.
In most strange postures We have seen him set himself.
The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in the performance of such or such an action.2.
His [man's] noblest posture and station in this world.3.
The several postures of his devout soul.
Posture
Posture
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
To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose;
To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
Usage Examples
Pilates is amazing, my posture is so much better and I'm even starting to get muscles on my tummy - it's incredible.
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Other Usage ExamplesWe submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
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