The meaning of Pole

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

noun

A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir.

Usage examples:

He waved a hand in the air like he was holding a baton and conducting an orchestra.

noun

Any of various specially designed sticks used in races, to lead a group of musicians, or thrown in the air by people who are marching

Usage examples:

She twirls a baton as the parade passes by., he waves his fork like a conductor’s baton.

noun

A long flat strip of squared timber or metal used to hold something in place or as a fastening against a wall.

Usage examples:

The horizontal timber battens of the south wall overlay profiled metal sheets, changing the scale o…

verb

Strengthen or fasten (something) with battens.

Usage examples:

Stephen was battening down the shutters

verb

Thrive or prosper at the expense of.

Usage examples:

Multinational monopolies batten on the working classes

noun

A long, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal used to support the roof or floor of a building.

Usage examples:

There are very fine oak beams in the oldest part of the house

verb

Transmit (a radio signal or broadcast) in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

The satellite beamed back radio signals to scientists on earth

noun

A line of light coming from the sun or a bright light, esp. as seen against a darker background

Usage examples:

A beam of sunlight, a laser beam scans the disc’s surface., [ i ] the sun beamed down on the ball f…

noun

The hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan.

Usage examples:

They brought the eggs back to constantinople in hollow canes.

verb

Beat with a cane as a punishment.

Usage examples:

Matthew was caned for bullying by the headmaster

noun

A beam or bar fixed or placed across something else.

Usage examples:

Tall pillars of brick with wooden crosspieces

noun

A tall upright post, spar, or other structure on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels generally carrying a sail or sails.

Usage examples:

Also in the water were strange vessels, with no masts or sails, built of gunmetal-gray metals that …

noun

The fruit of beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest trees, especially as food for pigs.

Usage examples:

He explains that the native rats ate many kinds of berries, beech mast, and other wholesome foods o…

verb

(with reference to tea) brew or infuse.

Usage examples:

Let the tea mast for a couple of minutes

adjective

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Choose pale floral patterns for walls

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Usage examples:

Get creative with a picket fence and have diagonal pales nailed to the horizontal boards.

noun

A fence made from pointed wooden or metal posts.

Usage examples:

The post and wire fence at the end of the road needed attention - in the long term, a hedge, wooden…

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A fence made from long, thin pieces of wood

Usage examples:

He has just put up a paling around the house.

noun

A fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence.

Usage examples:

At this time fortifications consisted mainly of earth banks and wooden palisades

verb

Enclose or provide (a building or place) with a palisade.

Usage examples:

He palisaded the ends of the streets, and made the town a roughly fortified camp

noun

A long row of cliffs (= high area of rock with a steep side)

noun

A person or group of people who stand outside a workplace or other venue as a protest or to try to persuade others not to enter during a strike.

Usage examples:

Forty pickets were arrested

verb

Act as a picket outside (a workplace or other venue).

Usage examples:

Strikers picketed the newspaper's main building

verb

A wooden strip forming part of a fence

noun

A tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument.

Usage examples:

Every bungalow is supported on stone pillars, which permits us to maintain the natural terrain and …

noun

A strong vertical column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building or stands alone for decoration

Usage examples:

He’s a pillar of the dallas business community.

noun

A long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker.

Usage examples:

Follow the blue posts until the track meets a road

verb

Display (a notice) in a public place.

Usage examples:

A curt notice had been posted on the door

adverb

With haste.

Usage examples:

Come now, come post

noun

A pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position.

Usage examples:

He looked around for a prop to pin the door open

verb

Support or keep in position.

Usage examples:

She propped her chin in the palm of her right hand

noun

A portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or film.

Usage examples:

The exhibition features props and costumes from the show's incredible 49-year history

noun

A bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a barrier or used to hang things on.

Usage examples:

A curtain rail

verb

Provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails.

Usage examples:

The altar is railed off from the nave

verb

Complain or protest strongly and persistently about.

Usage examples:

He railed at human fickleness

noun

A thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal.

Usage examples:

Concrete walls reinforced with steel rods

noun

A long, thin pole made of wood, metal, or other material

Usage examples:

A fishing/curtain rod

noun

A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Usage examples:

The shaft of a golf club

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

noun

A thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.

Usage examples:

The spars - those are those huge, diagonal sticks hanging from the masts - are the frame for the sa…

verb

Make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training.

Usage examples:

One contestant broke his nose while sparring

noun

A period or bout of sparring.

Usage examples:

Maybe she could beat him in a spar match, but he wouldn't find out until the annual martial arts to…

noun

A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.

Usage examples:

The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.

verb

Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.

Usage examples:

She spiked another oyster

noun

A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.

Usage examples:

This handsome plant has striking blue flowers in a spike on the stem

noun

All the people employed by a particular organization.

Usage examples:

A staff of 600

verb

Another term for stave (sense 2).

noun

A mixture of plaster of paris, cement, or a similar material, used for temporary building work.

Usage examples:

Staff may easily be bent, sawed, bored, or nailed.

noun

A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc.

Usage examples:

A row of more than 15 bricks, pieces of concrete, metal poles, wooden stakes and a traffic cone wer…

verb

A territorial division of the mormon church under the jurisdiction of a president.

verb

Gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of a game or race.

Usage examples:

One gambler staked everything he'd got and lost

noun

An upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier.

Usage examples:

There is barely a scrap of bare metal on the stanchions, pillars, posts, railings, and decking ribs.

noun

A fixed vertical bar or pole used as a support for something

Usage examples:

If this stanchion is removed, the stairs will collapse., his 18-yard shot hit the stanchion (= goal…

noun

A level of quality or attainment.

Usage examples:

Their restaurant offers a high standard of service

adjective

Used or accepted as normal or average.

Usage examples:

The standard rate of income tax

adjective

Usual or expected; not involving something special or extra

Usage examples:

A standard contract, i don’t work a standard, 35-hour week., the car came with an air conditioner a…

noun

A vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure.

Usage examples:

To support all this, an intricate system of beams and additional staves became necessary

noun

A staff

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

noun

A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.

Usage examples:

Rowan and mayne limited constables' weapons to the truncheon, carried concealed until 1863.

adjective

(of a person) sitting or standing with the back straight.

Usage examples:

An upright posture

adverb

In or into an upright position.

Usage examples:

She was sitting upright in bed

noun

A post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support.

Usage examples:

The stone uprights of the parapet

adjective

At right angles to a horizontal plane; in a direction, or having an alignment, such that the top is directly above the bottom.

Usage examples:

The vertical axis

noun

A vertical line or plane.

Usage examples:

The columns incline several degrees away from the vertical

adjective

Standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90 to a horizontal surface or line

Usage examples:

Water that had leaked from above formed a vertical line down one wall.