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| pole [ pōl ] |
noun (plural poles) |
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1. long straight object: a long straight strong piece of wood, metal, or other material, usually with a round cross-section and thin enough to hold in the hands or arms
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2. pole-vaulter's pole: the long flexible shaft made of wood, metal, or fiberglass used by a competitor in the pole vault
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3. shaft on horse-drawn vehicle: a single shaft projecting forward from the front of a vehicle between the animals that draw it, to which those animals are hitched
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4. U.S. horseracing motor sports racetrack starting position or lane: the inside lane or the inside starting position on a racetrack
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5. motor sports
Same as pole position (sense 2)
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6. measurements
Same as perch1n (sense 5) (sense 6)
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verb (past and past participle poled, present participle pol·ing, 3rd person present singular poles) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb propel boat with pole: to move a boat along by pushing with a pole against a firm surface
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2. transitive verb support plant with pole: to use a pole to provide support for a plant
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3. transitive and intransitive verb use ski poles: to make forward progress on skis by pushing with ski poles
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| [ Old English pāl, via Germanic < Latin palus "stake"] |
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