pole
noun
1. a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
Definition categories: man–made, rod
2. a native or inhabitant of Poland
Definition categories: person, european
3. one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- they are at opposite poles
- they are poles apart
Definition categories: thought, opinion, persuasion, sentiment, view
4. a linear measure of 16.5 feet
Definition categories: quantity
5. a square rod of land
Definition categories: quantity
6. one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
Definition categories: location
7. one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
Definition categories: location
8. a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
Similar word(s): terminal
Definition categories: man–made, contact, tangency
9. a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
Definition categories: man–made
10. one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
Definition categories: man–made, end, terminal
Sentences with pole as a noun:
- The function has a single pole at .
verb
1. propel with a pole
- pole barges on the river
Similar word(s): punt
Definition categories: contact, impel, propel
2. support on poles
- pole climbing plants like beans
Definition categories: contact, hold, support, sustain
3. deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
Definition categories: change, deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce
Sentences with pole as a verb:
- Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.
- He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.
- to pole beans or hops
- to pole hay into a barn