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Pole

/pɔːl/

Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

📖 Definitions of "Pole"

noun
  1. 1

    Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

  2. 2

    A type of basic fishing rod.

  3. 3

    A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.

  4. 4

    (spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.

verb
  1. 1

    To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

    "Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work."

  2. 2

    To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

    "He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."

  3. 3

    To furnish with poles for support.

    "to pole beans or hops"

  4. 4

    To convey on poles.

    "to pole hay into a barn"

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