Definitions of POLE in various dictionaries:
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a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
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a native or inhabitant of Poland
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one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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a linear measure of 16.5 feet
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a square rod of land
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one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
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one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
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a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
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a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
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one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
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propel with a pole
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support on poles
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deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.
Either of the regions contiguous to the extremities of the earth’s rotational axis, the North Pole or the South Pole.
A magnetic pole.
Either of two oppositely charged terminals, as in an electric cell or battery.
A celestial pole.
Biology.
Either extremity of the main axis of a nucleus, a cell, or an organism.
Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.
The point on a nerve cell where a process originates.
Either of two antithetical ideas, propensities, forces, or positions: “the moral poles of modern medicine: on the one hand, a tinkering with procreation with at best ambiguous, at worst monstrous moral possibilities.
A fixed point of reference.
The origin in a polar coordinate system; the vertex of a polar angle.
A long, relatively slender, generally rounded piece of wood or other material.
The long, tapering wooden shaft extending up from the front axle of a vehicle to the collars of the animals drawing it; a tongue.
A unit of area equal to a square rod.
A small or light spar.
The inside position on the starting line of a racetrack: qualified in the time trials to start on the pole.
To propel with a pole: boatmen poling barges up a placid river.
To propel (oneself) or make (one’s way) by the use of ski poles: “We ski through the glades on corn snow, then pole our way over a long one-hour runout to a road” (Frederick Selby).
To support (plants) with a pole.
To strike, poke, or stir with a pole.
To propel a boat or raft with a pole.
To use ski poles to maintain or gain speed.
verb - to propel with a pole (a long, thin piece of wood or metal)