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Pole
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
"For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand."
- 2 Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- 3 A person from Poland or of Polish descent.
- 4 a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic wordnet
- 5 A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
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- 6 A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- 7 one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated wordnet
- 8 A type of basic fishing rod.
- 9 Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available. broadly, figuratively
"In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two poles of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site."
- 10 a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting wordnet
- 11 A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- 12 A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- 13 a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves wordnet
- 14 A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife. slang
- 15 A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- 16 one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions wordnet
- 17 A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards). historical
- 18 For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
"The function f(z)#61;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;z-3#125; has a single pole at z#61;3."
- 19 one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface wordnet
- 20 A pole position.
- 21 The firmament; the sky. obsolete
"And the slope sun his upward beam / Shoots against the dusky pole,"
- 22 one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere wordnet
- 23 A rifle. US, slang
- 24 Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- 25 a native or inhabitant of Poland wordnet
- 26 A penis. slang, vulgar
- 27 a square rod of land wordnet
- 28 A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler. slang
"Only three cricketers have taken all 10 poles in a Test innings."
- 29 a linear measure of 16.5 feet wordnet
- 1 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."
- 2 To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles. transitive
- 3 deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole wordnet
- 4 To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
"He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."
- 5 support on poles wordnet
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- 6 To furnish with poles for support. transitive
"to pole beans or hops"
- 7 propel with a pole wordnet
- 8 To convey on poles. transitive
"to pole hay into a barn"
- 9 To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. transitive
- 10 To strike (the ball) very hard. transitive
"Long had poled the ball into the lower deck in right center."
- 11 To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen. transitive
"to pole copper"
Etymology
From Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”), perhaps from Old Latin *paxlos, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”). Doublet of peel, pale, and palus. Cognates Cognate with Scots pale, paill (“stake, pale”), North Frisian pul, pil (“stake, pale”), Saterland Frisian Pool (“pole”), West Frisian poal (“pole”), Dutch paal (“pole”), German Pfahl (“pile, stake, post, pole”), Danish pæl (“pole”), Swedish påle (“pole”), Icelandic páll (“hoe, spade, pale”), Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; lustrum”).
From Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”), perhaps from Old Latin *paxlos, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”). Doublet of peel, pale, and palus. Cognates Cognate with Scots pale, paill (“stake, pale”), North Frisian pul, pil (“stake, pale”), Saterland Frisian Pool (“pole”), West Frisian poal (“pole”), Dutch paal (“pole”), German Pfahl (“pile, stake, post, pole”), Danish pæl (“pole”), Swedish påle (“pole”), Icelandic páll (“hoe, spade, pale”), Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; lustrum”).
From Middle French pole, pôle, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
From Middle French pole, pôle, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
From German Pole.
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