pole
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
Noun 4 meanings
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
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 4 meanings
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”
To convey on poles.
“to pole hay into a barn”
Etymology
English poleFrom Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”), perhaps from Old Latin *paxlos, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”).
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POLE at a glance
POLE has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + L 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,790 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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