POLE

/pɔːl/

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Definition

/pɔːl/

noun

Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A type of basic fishing rod.
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.

verb

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.”
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
“He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.”
To furnish with poles for support.
“to pole beans or hops”