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Pole

noun

1.

A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic.

2.

A native or inhabitant of Poland.

3.

One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions. "They are poles apart"

4.

A linear measure of 16.5 feet. Synonyms: perch, rod.

5.

A square rod of land. Synonyms: perch, rod.

6.

One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere. Synonym: celestial pole.

7.

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

8.

A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. Synonym: terminal.

9.

A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting.

10.

One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated. Synonym: magnetic pole.

verb

(past & past part. poled; pres. part. poling)

1.

Propel with a pole. Synonym: punt. "We went punting in Cambridge"

2.

Support on poles.

3.

Deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole.

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"Pole" Quotes from Famous Books

... To save me from the fate my truth entails, Truth that to thy hard heart its vigour owes. Alas for him that under lowering skies, In peril o'er a trackless ocean sails, Where neither friendly port nor pole-star shows." ...

— Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... conceal from herself the pleasure she took in the part. Long before rehearsals began, she had spent her smiles upon Connor with a view to that very role. Miss Arnold was a young person who knew the things she wanted; one of them was Smith. 'Varsity end, champion pole-vaulter, Glee Club tenor and Sophomore president, which means principally leading the cotillion, he was well worth a girl's trouble. There was the more glory in the winning of this capital prize because he was ...

— Stanford Stories - Tales of a Young University • Charles K. Field

... speechless. She looked at him with a curious half-amused expectancy. She knew him. No one but Myra had ever called him that. It had been her pet name for him in the old days. She knew him. He leaned on his pike pole, waiting for what was to follow. This revelation was only a preliminary. Something like a dumb fury came over Hollister. Why did she reveal this knowledge of him? For what purpose? He felt his ...

— The Hidden Places • Bertrand W. Sinclair

... north side of the corona is the tomb of Cardinal Pole, the last Archbishop of Canterbury who acknowledged the supremacy of the Pope. He held office from 1556 to 1558, and died the day after Queen Mary. Here stands also the patriarchal chair, made out of three pieces of Purbeck ...

— The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. • Hartley Withers

... the sparkling sea, and the hook, as it skimmed along the surface, looked for all the world like a flying fish, the bristles simulating the tail. Soon the hastening dolphin fell upon it, and then became the tug-of-war, bamboo pole straining and bending, the line now taut, now relaxing, as the fish lunged, and the paddlers watching with cries of excitement until he was hauled over the side, wet and flopping, a feast ...

— White Shadows in the South Seas • Frederick O'Brien

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