pole

1
[ pohl ]
/ poʊl /

noun

verb (used with object), poled, pol·ing.

verb (used without object), poled, pol·ing.

to propel a boat, raft, etc., with a pole: to pole down the river.

Idioms for pole

    under bare poles,
    1. Nautical. (of a sailing ship) with no sails set, as during a violent storm.
    2. stripped; naked; destitute: The thugs robbed him and left him under bare poles.

Origin of pole

1
before 1050; Middle English; Old English pāl < Latin pālus stake. See pale2

OTHER WORDS FROM pole

pole·less, adjective un·poled, adjective

Definition for pole (2 of 4)

pole 2
[ pohl ]
/ poʊl /

noun

Origin of pole

2
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin polus < Greek pólos pivot, axis, pole

Definition for pole (3 of 4)

Pole 1
[ pohl ]
/ poʊl /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Poland.

Definition for pole (4 of 4)

Pole 2
[ pohl ]
/ poʊl /

noun

Reginald,1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.

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British Dictionary definitions for pole (1 of 4)

pole 1
/ (pəʊl) /

noun

verb

Word Origin for pole

Old English pāl, from Latin pālus a stake, prop; see pale ²

British Dictionary definitions for pole (2 of 4)

pole 2
/ (pəʊl) /

noun

Word Origin for pole

C14: from Latin polus end of an axis, from Greek polos pivot, axis, pole; related to Greek kuklos circle

British Dictionary definitions for pole (3 of 4)

Pole 1
/ (pəʊl) /

noun

a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Poland or a speaker of Polish

British Dictionary definitions for pole (4 of 4)

Pole 2
/ (pəʊl) /

noun

Reginald. 1500–58, English cardinal; last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury (1556–58)

Medical definitions for pole

pole
[ pōl ]

n.

Either of the two points at the extremities of the axis of an organ or body.
Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.
Either of two oppositely charged terminals, as in an electric cell.

Scientific definitions for pole

pole
[ pōl ]

Mathematics
  1. Either of the points at which an axis that passes through the center of a sphere intersects the surface of the sphere.
  2. The fixed point used as a reference in a system of polar coordinates. It corresponds to the origin in the Cartesian coordinate system.
  1. Geography Either of the points at which the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface; the North Pole or South Pole.
  2. Either of the two similar points on another planet.
Physics A magnetic pole.
Electricity Either of two oppositely charged terminals, such as the two electrodes of an electrolytic cell or the electric terminals of a battery.
Biology
  1. Either of the two points at the extremities of the axis of an organ or body.
  2. Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.

Idioms and Phrases with pole

pole

see low man on the totem pole; not touch with a ten-foot pole.