postures is a form of:
Posture
noun
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) រូបសណ្តាន ស្ថានភាព
verb — past tense: postured ; past participle: postured ; present participle: posturing ;
- 1.
- ដាក់តាំងនៅក្នុងស្ថានភាព
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- Place; position; situation.
- 3.
- State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
verb — past tense: postured ; past participle: postured ; present participle: posturing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
- 3.
- (FIGURATIVE) (INTRANSITIVE) To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.