different between carriage vs pose
carriage
English
Etymology
From Middle English cariage, from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kæ??d?/, /?k???d?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kæ??d?/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
- Rhymes: -æ??d?
- Hyphenation: car?riage
Noun
carriage (countable and uncountable, plural carriages)
- The act of conveying; carrying.
- Means of conveyance.
- A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- The carriage ride was very romantic.
- (Britain) A rail car, especially one designed for the conveyance of passengers.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:carriage.
- (now rare) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- His carriage was full comely and vpright, / His countenaunce demure and temperate [...].
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Characters," [1]
- In spite of her erect carriage she could flop to her knees to pray as smart as any of us.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 90:
- He chose to speak largely about Vietnam [...], and his wonderfully sonorous voice was as enthralling to me as his very striking carriage and appearance.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:carriage.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- (archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 407:
- He now assumed a carriage to me so very different from what he had lately worn, and so nearly resembling his behaviour the first week of our marriage, that […] he might, possibly, have rekindled my fondness for him.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
- Some people whisper but no doubt they lie, / For malice still imputes some private end, / That Inez had, ere Don Alfonso's marriage, / Forgot with him her very prudent carriage [...].
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:carriage.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 407:
- The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
- (US, New England) A shopping cart.
- (Britain) A stroller; a baby carriage.
- The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid).
- Synonyms: freight, freightage, cartage, charge, rate
- (archaic) That which is carried, baggage
- And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:carriage.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- carriage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Appendix:Carriages
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pose
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /po?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Etymology 1
From Middle English pose, from Old English ?eposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ?epos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pus? (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pus?n?, *pusjan? (“to snort, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).
Noun
pose (plural poses)
- (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
- 1586, William Harrison, A Description of England
- Now […] have we many chimnies, and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses.
- 1825, Robert Herrick, The poetical works of Robert Herrick:
- Megg yesterday was troubled with a pose, Which, this night hardned, sodders up her nose.
- 1903, Thomas Heywood, Lucian (of Samosata.), Desiderius Erasmus, Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's
- The Ague, Cough, the Pyony, the Pose. Aches within, and accidents without, [...]
- 2009, Eucharius Rösslin, Thomas Raynalde, Elaine Hobby, The Birth of Mankind
- And whereas some say, that they which use oft washing of their heads shall be very prone to headache, that is not true, but only in such that, after they have been washed, roll up their hair (being yet wet) about their heads; the cold whereof is dangerous to bring them to catarrhs and poses, with other inconveniences.
- 1586, William Harrison, A Description of England
Etymology 2
From Middle English posen, from Old French poser (“to put, place, stell, settle, lodge”), from Vulgar Latin paus?re (“to blin, cease, pause”), from Latin pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (paûsis); influenced by Latin p?nere. Doublet of pause.
Verb
pose (third-person singular simple present poses, present participle posing, simple past and past participle posed)
- (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
- (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
- (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- 2010, Noam Chomsky, The Iranian threat, Z Magazine, vol 23, number 7:
- Rather, they are concerned with the threat Iran poses to the region and the world.
- 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:
- The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad.
- 2010, Noam Chomsky, The Iranian threat, Z Magazine, vol 23, number 7:
- (transitive, in the phrase "to pose as") To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
- (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
- 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, A Shabby Genteel Story
- He […] posed before her as a hero.
- 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, A Shabby Genteel Story
- (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
- (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
- She pretended to […] pose him and sift him.
- (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of the Love of God (sermon)
- A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose or puzzle him.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of the Love of God (sermon)
Translations
Noun
pose (plural poses)
- Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
- Affectation.
Derived terms
- cool pose
- posable
- posing pouch
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English posen, a combination of aphetic forms of Middle English aposen and opposen. More at appose, oppose.
Alternative forms
- poze
Verb
pose (third-person singular simple present poses, present participle posing, simple past and past participle posed)
- (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
- 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Luke 2
- And hit fortuned that after .iii. dayes, they founde hym in the temple sittinge in the middes of the doctours, both hearynge them, and posinge them.
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, I.9
- 'Tis my solitary recreation to pose my apprehension with those involved Ænigmas and riddles of the Trinity, with Incarnation and Resurrection.
- 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Luke 2
- (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
- (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).
Derived terms
- poser
Further reading
- pose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, peso, poes, sope
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse posi, from Proto-Germanic *pusô.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [?p?o?s?]
Noun
pose
- bag
Usage notes
Do not fail to perceive the distinction between this, being a simple, one-room container open or openable in the top, and a taske.
Inflection
References
- “pose” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French pose.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: po?se
Noun
pose f (plural posen or poses, diminutive posetje n)
- stance or pose
Anagrams
- epos, poes, soep
Finnish
Noun
pose
- (slang) jail
Declension
Anagrams
- peso
French
Etymology
Derived from the verb poser. Compare also Italian posa, Latin pausa.
Noun
pose f (plural poses)
- installation
Derived terms
- prendre la pose
Noun
pose m (plural poses)
- extension (in telecommunications)
Descendants
- ? Romanian: poz?
Verb
pose
- first-person singular present indicative of poser
- third-person singular present indicative of poser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of poser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of poser
- second-person singular imperative of poser
Further reading
- “pose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Ido
Adverb
pose
- afterwards
Italian
Pronunciation
- póse, IPA(key): /?pose/
Verb
pose
- third-person singular past historic of porre
Anagrams
- peso, pesò
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse posi
Noun
pose m (definite singular posen, indefinite plural poser, definite plural posene)
- bag, sack
Derived terms
References
- “pose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse posi.
Noun
pose m (definite singular posen, indefinite plural posar, definite plural posane)
- a bag or sack
Derived terms
- papirpose
- plastpose
- sovepose
- tepose
References
- “pose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
pose
- inflection of posa (“man”):
- locative singular
- accusative plural
Spanish
Verb
pose
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of posar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of posar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of posar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of posar.
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