porter
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~ carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
portion out
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~ give out as one's portion or share
portion
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~ give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
portray
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~ portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
portray
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~ represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
portray
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~ assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
portray
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~ make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
pose
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~ 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"
pose
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~ assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
pose
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~ introduce; "This poses an interesting question"
pose
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~ pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
pose
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~ put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
pose
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~ be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
posit
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~ put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
posit
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~ put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
posit
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~ take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"
position
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~ put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
position
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~ cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
possess
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~ have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"
possess
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~ have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"