pole

[US]/pəʊl/
[UK]/poʊl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a vertical post or stake; a long, slender piece of wood or metal; a rod or staff;either extremity of an axis through a sphere
v.to propel a boat with a pole; to move a boat by using a pole

Phrases & Collocations

fishing pole

flag pole

north pole

south pole

telegraph pole

growth pole

magnetic pole

positive pole

pole assignment

pole vault

bamboo pole

negative pole

up the pole

electric pole

pole figure

shaded pole

surveyor's pole

pole plate

single pole

totem pole

telephone pole

salient pole

Example Sentences

The South Pole and the North Pole areantipodes.

the pole and its antipode.

pole the pirogue down the bayou.

the Frenchman on pole position made a poor getaway.

Their opinions are poles asunder.

Lash the piece of wood to the pole to make it longer.

They are poles apart in their political attitudes.

The N pole and S pole of two magnets will attract each other.

The positive pole carries a positive charge while the negative pole does a negative charge.

The arctic tundra is at the top of the world around the North Pole.

the Poles had Germanized their family names.

the shop is a pole star for both actual and armchair travellers.

ornate curtain poles with decorative finials.

a company boasting the pole position in the communications business.

I took to pole-vaulting right away.

Politically, the two leaders are poles apart.

He gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou.

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