pole
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/pɔːl/
English
Definitions
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- 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.
- (spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
verb
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.“Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.”
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.“He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.”
- To furnish with poles for support.“to pole beans or hops”
- To convey on poles.“to pole hay into a barn”
noun
- 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).
- 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.
verb
- To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.