pole
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noun (C)
1 STICK/POST a long stick or post usually made of wood or metal, often set upright in the ground to support something: a telephone pole | a flagpole | The dusty curtains hung from unpolished brass poles.
2 NORTH/SOUTH POLE the most northern or most southern point on a planet, especially the Earth: Amundsen's expedition was the first to reach the pole.
3 be poles apart two people or things that are poles apart are as different from each other as it is possible to be: Both brilliant pianists, Powell and Monk are poles apart in style.
4 OPPOSITE IDEAS/BELIEFS one of two situations, ideas, or opinions that are the complete opposite of each other: We have the accumulation of wealth at one pole and poverty and misery at the other.
5 ELECTRICAL
a) one of two points at the ends of a magnet where its power is the strongest
b) one of the two points at which wires can be fixed onto a
battery (1) in order to use its electricity
6 IN THE SKY one of the two points in the sky, one to the north of the Earth and one to the south, around which the stars appear to turn
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noun (C)
someone who comes from Poland
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verb (I, T)
to push a boat along in the water using a pole
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Pole — Pole, n. [L. polus, Gr. ? a pivot or hinge on which anything turns, an axis, a pole; akin to ? to move: cf. F. p[^o]le.] 1. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth s axis; as, the north pole. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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