pole

IPA: pˈoʊɫ

Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
(fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
(slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
(historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
(motor racing) Pole position.
(US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
(vulgar, slang) A penis.
Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
(geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
(electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
(complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
(obsolete) The firmament; the sky.
Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
A person from Poland or of Polish descent.
A surname.

To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
(transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
(transitive) To convey on poles.
(transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
(transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
(transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

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