POLES
Definition of POLES
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Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
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A type of basic fishing rod.
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A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
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To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
"Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work."
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To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
"He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."
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To furnish with poles for support.
"to pole beans or hops"
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Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
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A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
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A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
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To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
Source: Wiktionary
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