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English to English noun
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a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic |  | source: wordnet30
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a native or inhabitant of Poland | | source: wordnet30
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one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions | | Example: they are at opposite poles
they are poles apart
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a linear measure of 16.5 feet | | source: wordnet30
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a square rod of land | | source: wordnet30
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one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere | | source: wordnet30
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one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface | | source: wordnet30
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a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | | source: wordnet30
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a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting | | source: wordnet30
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one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated | | source: wordnet30
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A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole. | | source: webster1913
verb
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propel with a pole | | Example: pole barges on the river
We went punting in Cambridge
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support on poles | | Example: pole climbing plants like beans
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deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole | | source: wordnet30
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To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops. | | source: webster1913
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