Pole
/pɔːl/
Pole is a noun and verb with 4 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
verb
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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.”
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To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
“He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.”
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Synonyms
rod
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