Meaning of 'pole' (Webster Dictionary)
- A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
- 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.
- 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.
- Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of
the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
- 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.
- 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.
- The firmament; the sky.
- See Polarity, and Polar, n.
- To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or
hops.
- To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
- To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
- To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
Meaning of 'pole' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
Example in sentence:- they are at opposite poles;
- they are poles apart
Meaning (2):
- propel with a pole
Example in sentence:- pole barges on the river;
- We went punting in Cambridge
Meaning (3):
- support on poles
Example in sentence:- pole climbing plants like beans
Definition
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