'Pole' definitions:

Definition of 'pole'

(from WordNet)
noun
A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
noun
A native or inhabitant of Poland
noun
One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart"
noun
A linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn: perch, rod, pole]
noun
A square rod of land [syn: perch, rod, pole]
noun
One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere [syn: pole, celestial pole]
noun
One of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
noun
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves [syn: terminal, pole]
noun
A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
noun
One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated [syn: pole, magnetic pole]
verb
Propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge" [syn: punt, pole]
verb
Support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans"
verb
Deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

Definition of 'Pole'

From: GCIDE
  • Pole \Pole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poled; p. pr. & vb. n. Poling.]
  • 1. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pole'

From: GCIDE
  • Pole \Pole\, n. [Cf. G. Pole a Pole, Polen Poland.] A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pole'

From: GCIDE
  • Pole \Pole\, n. [As. p[=a]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. Pale a stake, Pact.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Pole bean (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean.
  • Pole flounder (Zool.), a large deep-water flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), native of the northern coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food fish; -- called also craig flounder, and pole fluke.
  • Pole lathe, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle, and the other to an elastic pole above.
  • Pole mast (Naut.), a mast formed from a single piece or from a single tree.
  • Pole of a lens (Opt.), the point where the principal axis meets the surface.
  • Pole plate (Arch.), a horizontal timber resting on the tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters. It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pole'

From: GCIDE
  • Pole \Pole\, n. [L. polus, Gr. ? a pivot or hinge on which anything turns, an axis, a pole; akin to ? to move: cf. F. p[^o]le.]
  • 1. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Spherics) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Physics) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The firmament; the sky. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
  • Shoots against the dusky pole. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Geom.) See Polarity, and Polar, n. [1913 Webster]
  • Magnetic pole. See under Magnetic.
  • Poles of the earth, or Terrestrial poles (Geog.), the two opposite points on the earth's surface through which its axis passes.
  • Poles of the heavens, or Celestial poles, the two opposite points in the celestial sphere which coincide with the earth's axis produced, and about which the heavens appear to revolve. [1913 Webster] Poleax

Definition of 'pole'

From: GCIDE
  • Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See Rood.]
  • 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. [1913 Webster]
  • He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov. xiii. 24. [1913 Webster] (b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. "The rod, and bird of peace." --Shak. (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay. (d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar. (e) An instrument for measuring. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole. [1913 Webster]
  • Black rod. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Rods and cones (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'pole'

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