pole

Definitions of pole in various dictionaries:

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

noun - a linear measure of 16.5 feet

noun - a square rod of land

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

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

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

verb - propel with a pole

verb - support on poles

verb - deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.

Either of the regions contiguous to the extremities of the earth’s rotational axis, the North Pole or the South Pole.

A magnetic pole.

Either of two oppositely charged terminals, as in an electric cell or battery.

A celestial pole.

Biology.

Either extremity of the main axis of a nucleus, a cell, or an organism.

Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.

The point on a nerve cell where a process originates.

Either of two antithetical ideas, propensities, forces, or positions: “the moral poles of modern medicine: on the one hand, a tinkering with procreation with at best ambiguous, at worst monstrous moral possibilities.

A fixed point of reference.

The origin in a polar coordinate system; the vertex of a polar angle.

A long, relatively slender, generally rounded piece of wood or other material.

The long, tapering wooden shaft extending up from the front axle of a vehicle to the collars of the animals drawing it; a tongue.

A unit of area equal to a square rod.

A small or light spar.

The inside position on the starting line of a racetrack: qualified in the time trials to start on the pole.

To propel with a pole: boatmen poling barges up a placid river.

To propel (oneself) or make (one’s way) by the use of ski poles: “We ski through the glades on corn snow, then pole our way over a long one-hour runout to a road” (Frederick Selby).

To support (plants) with a pole.

To strike, poke, or stir with a pole.

To propel a boat or raft with a pole.

To use ski poles to maintain or gain speed.

verb - to propel with a pole (a long, thin piece of wood or metal)