pole

Plural: poles

Noun

• a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
• a native or inhabitant of Poland
• one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
  • "they are at opposite poles"
  • "they are poles apart"
• a linear measure of 16.5 feet
• a square rod of land
• one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
• one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
• a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
• a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
• one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
• Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
• A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
• A type of basic fishing rod.
• A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
• A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
• A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
• A pole position.
• A rifle.
• A penis.
• Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
• A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
• Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
• A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
• A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
• For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
• The firmament; the sky.
• Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

Verb

Verb Forms: poled, poling, poles

• To propel or move something using a long, slender piece of wood or metal.
• propel with a pole
  • "pole barges on the river"
• support on poles
  • "pole climbing plants like beans"
• deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
• To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
• To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
• To furnish with poles for support.
• To convey on poles.
• To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
• To strike (the ball) very hard.
• To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
• To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

Examples

• He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.
• He tried to ’POLE’ his way to victory by pushing his tiles into a bingo.
• Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.
• In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two poles of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site.
• The function f(z)#61;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;z-3#125; has a single pole at z#61;3.
• to pole beans or hops
• to pole copper
• to pole hay into a barn

Synonyms

celestial pole, magnetic pole, perch, punt, rod, terminal, beam, carriage pole, drawbar, shaft

Antonyms

zero

Anagrams of pole