Meaning of pole | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person from Poland or of Polish descent
2. A surname.
3. Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
4. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes
5. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
6. A person from Poland or of Polish descent.
7. A surname
8. A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
9. A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage
10. A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
11. Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
    broadly, figuratively
12. A type of basic fishing rod
13. A type of basic fishing rod.
14. A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
15. A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used
16. A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
17. A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
18. A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife
19. A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
    slang
20. For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
21. A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
    historical
22. The firmament; the sky.
    obsolete
23. A pole position.
24. Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
25. A rifle.
    US, slang
26. A penis.
    slang, vulgar
27. A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
    slang

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Examples

“For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.”

“There she was, walking around with an IV pole, and we were only told that "Mommy isn't feeling so well, so she has to be connected to a special soda."”

“Only three cricketers have taken all 10 poles in a Test innings.”

“In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two poles of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site.”

“Genuine music is the offspring of profound emotion: of exaltation, pain, or joy. Music produced outside of a situation between these poles of the human heart is of banal character, bloodless, watery.”

“The function f(z)#61;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;z-3#125; has a single pole at z#61;3.”

“And the slope sun his upward beam / Shoots against the dusky pole,”

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