Definizione monolingua

poise

poise (third-person singular simple present poises, present participle poising, simple past and past participle poised)

1. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.

   The slender, graceful spars / Poise aloft in air. — Longfellow.

2. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh. [14th-17th c.]
3. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down. [16th-18th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.2:

     Every man poiseth [transl. poise] upon his fellowes sinne, and elevates his owne.

4. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose. [from 16th c.]
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet, I.2:

     you saw her faire none els being by, / Her selfe poysd with her selfe in either eye.

5. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used. [from 16th c.]

   I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.

6. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced. [from 17th c.]

   The rock was poised precariously on the edge of the cliff.

poise (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:

     as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away, / With dreadfull poyse is from the mayneland rift, / [...] So downe he fell [...].

2. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability
3. composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
4. mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
5. A condition of hovering, or being suspended
6. (physics) A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.

Definizione dizionario poise

bilanciare

equilibrare

equilibrio

poise

portamento

Altri significati:

(obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down. [16th-18th c.]

composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation

A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity

mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body

(obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.

(now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose. [from 16th c.]

(obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh. [14th-17th c.]

To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used. [from 16th c.]

A condition of hovering, or being suspended

To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced. [from 17th c.]

(physics) A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.