pole

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

2. 2noun

   A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.

3. 3noun

   A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch.

4. 4transitive verb

   To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.

5. 5transitive verb

   To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.

6. 6transitive verb

   To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.

7. 7transitive verb

   To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

8. 8noun

   Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.

9. 9noun

   A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.

10. 10noun

    One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.

11. 11noun

    The firmament; the sky.

12. 12noun

    See Polarity Polar, n.

13. 13noun

    a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic

14. 14noun

    one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated

15. 15noun

    a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting

16. 16noun

    a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

    Synonyms

    terminal
17. 17noun

    one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions

    "they are at opposite poles"

    "they are poles apart"

18. 18noun

    one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface

19. 19noun

    one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere

20. 20noun

    a native or inhabitant of Poland

21. 21noun

    a square rod of land

    Synonyms

    perchrod
22. 22noun

    a linear measure of 16.5 feet

    Synonyms

    perchrod
23. 23verb

    deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

24. 24verb

    support on poles

    "pole climbing plants like beans"

25. 25verb

    propel with a pole

    "pole barges on the river"

    "We went punting in Cambridge"

    Synonyms

    punt