Dictionary entry details
• POLE (noun)
Meaning:
A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
rod (a long thin implement made of metal or wood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pole"):
barge pole (a long pole used to propel or guide a barge)
stilt (one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground)
spar (a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging)
ski pole (a pole with metal points used as an aid in skiing)
mast (any sturdy upright pole)
clothes tree; coat stand; coat tree (an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing)
caber (a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland))
boom; microphone boom (a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set)
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Poland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Pole" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pole"):
polack (a person of Polish descent)
Holonyms ("Pole" is a member of...):
Poland; Polska; Republic of Poland (a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II)
Meaning:
One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context examples:
they are at opposite poles / they are poles apart
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
opinion; persuasion; sentiment; thought; view (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty)
Meaning:
A linear measure of 16.5 feet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
rod; perch; pole
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Meronyms (parts of "pole"):
pace; yard (a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Holonyms ("pole" is a part of...):
furlong (a unit of length equal to 220 yards)
Meaning:
A square rod of land
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
perch; rod; pole
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
area unit; square measure (a system of units used to measure areas)
Meaning:
One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
celestial pole; pole
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
celestial point (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pole"):
south celestial pole (the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere)
north celestial pole (the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris)
Meaning:
One of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
geographic point; geographical point (a point on the surface of the Earth)
Instance hyponyms:
North Pole (the northernmost point of the Earth's axis)
South Pole (the southernmost point of the Earth's axis)
Meaning:
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
terminal; pole
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
contact; tangency ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pole"):
positive pole (the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate)
negative pole (the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate)
anode (the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)
Holonyms ("pole" is a part of...):
electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)
battery; electric battery (a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series)
Meaning:
A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
sports implement (an implement used in a sport)
Meaning:
One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
magnetic pole; pole
Hypernyms ("pole" is a kind of...):
end (either extremity of something that has length)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pole"):
negative magnetic pole; negative pole; south-seeking pole (the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely)
north-seeking pole; positive magnetic pole; positive pole (the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely)
Holonyms ("pole" is a part of...):
magnet ((physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field)
• POLE (verb)
Meaning:
Propel with a pole
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pole; punt
Context examples:
pole barges on the river / We went punting in Cambridge
Hypernyms (to "pole" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
"Pole" entails doing...:
force; push (move with force,)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Support on poles
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
pole climbing plants like beans
Hypernyms (to "pole" is one way to...):
hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "pole" is one way to...):
deoxidise; deoxidize; reduce (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)
Domain category:
metallurgy (the science and technology of metals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
"My Son is my Son 'til he takes him a Wife, my Daughter's my Daughter all her life." (English proverb)
"To give happiness to another person gives such a great merit, it cannot even be carried by a horse." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Lying is the disease and truth is the cure" (Arabic proverb)
"The word goes out but the message is lost." (Corsican proverb)
