poles

/poʊlz/

noun

1
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
2
A type of basic fishing rod.
3
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
4
(spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
5
A unit of length, equal to a rod (1/4 chain or 5 1/2 yards).
6
Pole position.
7
A gun.
8
A penis

Synonyms

verb

1
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.”
2
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
“He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.”
3
To furnish with poles for support.
“to pole beans or hops”
4
To convey on poles.
“to pole hay into a barn”
5
To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
6
To strike (the ball) very hard.

noun

1
Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
2
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
3
A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
4
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
5
For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.
“The function f(z) = \frac{1}{z-3} has a single pole at z = 3”
6
The firmament; the sky.
7
Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

Antonyms

verb

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