'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
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One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart"
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One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere [syn: pole, celestial pole]
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One of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
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A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves [syn: terminal, pole]
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A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
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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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acme,
- advance,
- all over,
- antenna tower,
- antipodal points,
- antipodes,
- antipoints,
- antipoles,
- apex,
- apogee,
- arbor,
- at odds,
- at opposite extremes,
- axis,
- axle,
- axle bar,
- axle shaft,
- axle spindle,
- axle-tree,
- baluster,
- balustrade,
- banister,
- bar,
- barbican,
- bare pole,
- base,
- beam,
- beanpole,
- belfry,
- bell tower,
- billet,
- bitter end,
- black and white,
- board,
- boarding,
- bottom dollar,
- boundary,
- bowl,
- brow,
- bunt,
- butt,
- butt end,
- campanile,
- cap,
- caryatid,
- China,
- clapboard,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- colonnade,
- colossus,
- column,
- contraposita,
- contrapositives,
- contraries,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- counterpoles,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- cupola,
- dado,
- Darkest Africa,
- deal,
- derrick,
- die,
- distaff,
- dome,
- driftwood,
- drive,
- edge,
- end,
- everywhere,
- extreme,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- fag end,
- far and wide,
- farthest bound,
- fire tower,
- firewood,
- flagstaff,
- footstalk,
- forward,
- frontier,
- fulcrum,
- gimbal,
- God knows where,
- godforsaken place,
- Greenland,
- gudgeon,
- hardwood,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- high and low,
- high noon,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- hinge,
- hingle,
- hub,
- impel,
- irreconcilable,
- jack,
- jumping-off place,
- lantern,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- lighthouse,
- limit,
- log,
- lumber,
- magnetic axis,
- magnetic pole,
- mandrel,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mast,
- maximum,
- Maypole,
- meridian,
- minaret,
- monument,
- mountaintop,
- move,
- N pole,
- nave,
- ne plus ultra,
- negative pole,
- newel-post,
- nib,
- night and day,
- no place higher,
- noon,
- North Pole,
- north pole,
- nowhere,
- oar,
- oarlock,
- obelisk,
- observation tower,
- opposite poles,
- opposites,
- outback,
- Outer Mongolia,
- outer space,
- outpost,
- outskirts,
- paddle,
- Pago Pago,
- pagoda,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- peak,
- pedal,
- pedestal,
- pedicel,
- peduncle,
- pier,
- pilaster,
- pile,
- piling,
- pillar,
- Pillars of Hercules,
- pin,
- pinnacle,
- pintle,
- pitch,
- pivot,
- plank,
- planking,
- plinth,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- point,
- polar opposites,
- polarity,
- polarization,
- poles,
- poles apart,
- positive pole,
- post,
- propel,
- puncheon,
- push,
- pylon,
- pyramid,
- queen-post,
- radiant,
- ridge,
- rod,
- roll,
- row,
- rowlock,
- S pole,
- scape,
- scull,
- seventh heaven,
- shaft,
- shake,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- shove,
- shunt,
- Siberia,
- sideboard,
- siding,
- sky,
- skyscraper,
- slab,
- slat,
- socle,
- softwood,
- South Pole,
- south pole,
- spar,
- spindle,
- spire,
- splat,
- staff,
- stalk,
- stanchion,
- stand,
- standard,
- standpipe,
- stave,
- steeple,
- steering oar,
- stem,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stovewood,
- stub,
- stump,
- stupa,
- subbase,
- summit,
- surbase,
- sweep,
- sweep along,
- swivel,
- tag,
- tag end,
- tail,
- tail end,
- television mast,
- the boondocks,
- the Great Divide,
- the moon,
- the South Seas,
- the sticks,
- the tullies,
- three-by-four,
- thrust,
- Thule,
- Tierra del Fuego,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- Timbuktu,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- tongue,
- top,
- tope,
- totem pole,
- tour,
- tower,
- treadle,
- tree,
- troll,
- trundle,
- trunk,
- trunnion,
- turret,
- two-by-four,
- Ultima Thule,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- upright,
- utmost,
- vertex,
- very top,
- water tower,
- weatherboard,
- windmill tower,
- wood,
- worlds apart,
- Yukon,
- zenith
Words containing 'Pole'
- Poled,
- Poling,
- Celestial poles,
- Consequent poles,
- Depression of the pole,
- Galactic poles,
- Hop pole,
- Leaping pole,
- Liberty pole,
- Lodge Pole,
- Lug pole,
- Magnetic pole,
- Magnetic poles,
- May pole,
- North Pole,
- Pike pole,
- Pitch of poles,
- Plunger pole,
- Pole Ojea,
- Pole bean,
- Pole flounder,
- Pole lathe,
- Pole mast,
- Pole of a lens,
- Pole plate,
- Poles of the earth,
- Poles of the heavens,
- Positive pole,
- Prickly pole,
- Pry pole,
- Setting pole,
- Sheer pole,
- Socket pole,
- South Pole,
- Terrestrial poles,
- To depress the pole,
- Totem pole,
- Under bare poles,
- barber pole,
- barber's pole,
- barbers pole,
- barge pole,
- bean pole,
- celestial pole,
- fishing pole,
- negative pole,
- pole fluke,
- pole horse,
- pole jump,
- pole jumper,
- pole jumping,
- pole position,
- pole star,
- pole vault,
- pole vaulter,
- pole vaulting,
- poles apart,
- range pole,
- ranging pole,
- ski pole,
- telegraph pole,
- telephone pole,
- Imp-pole,
- Lodge Pole, MT,
- North Pole, AK,
- Pole Ojea, PR,
- negative magnetic pole,
- north celestial pole,
- pole-handled,
- positive magnetic pole,
- south celestial pole,
- north-seeking pole,
- south-seeking pole