to adopt a posture
1posture — noun 1 position of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ correct, good, perfect (esp. AmE), proper ▪ bad, poor ▪ erect, upright …
2posture — postural, adj. posturer, n. /pos cheuhr/, n., v., postured, posturing. n. 1. the relative disposition of the parts of something. 2. the position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole: poor posture; a sitting posture. 3. an affected… …
3posture — pos|ture [ˈpɔstʃə US ˈpa:stʃər] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Italian positura, from Latin positus; POSITION1] 1.) [U and C] the way you position your body when sitting or standing good/bad etc posture ▪ Poor posture can lead to muscular… …
4adopt — verb 1 child ADVERB ▪ legally ▪ The child has now been legally adopted. PHRASES ▪ have sb adopted ▪ She was forced to have her baby adopted. 2 take and use s …
5Obelisk posture — Celithemis eponina in the obelisk posture. The obelisk posture is a handstand like position that some dragonflies and damselflies assume to prevent overheating on sunny days. The abdomen is raised until its tip points at the sun, minimizing the… …
6international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
7Carlos Mesa — Infobox President | name=Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert nationality=bolivian imagesize=200px term start=October 17, 2003 term end=June 6, 2005 predecessor=Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada successor=Eduardo Rodríguez birth date=birth date and age|1953|08|12… …
8José Antonio Primo de Rivera — For other people called Jose Rivera, see Jose Rivera (disambiguation). This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Primo de Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Sáenz de Heredia. José Antonio Primo de… …
9Segismundo Bermejo — Admiral Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo (1832 1899) served as the Spanish Minister of the Navy during the first part of its war with the United States. In addition to his military career, Bermejo was a noted author, particularly of works of science… …
10Apis dorsata — Taxobox name = Giant honey bee image width = 220px image caption = Close up of workers on comb regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota ordo = Hymenoptera… …
