English noun: pole | |||
1. | pole (artifact) a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rod | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | barge pole, boom, caber, clothes tree, coat stand, coat tree, mast, microphone boom, ski pole, spar, stilt | ||
2. | Pole (person) a native or inhabitant of Poland | ||
Broader (hypernym) | European | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | polack | ||
Member meronym | Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland | ||
3. | pole (cognition) one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions | ||
Samples | They are at opposite poles. They are poles apart. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view | ||
4. | pole (quantity) a linear measure of 16.5 feet | ||
Synonyms | perch, rod | ||
Broader (hypernym) | linear measure, linear unit | ||
Part holonym | pace, yard | ||
Part meronym | furlong | ||
Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
5. | pole (quantity) a square rod of land | ||
Synonyms | perch, rod | ||
Broader (hypernym) | area unit, square measure | ||
6. | pole (location) one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere | ||
Synonyms | celestial pole | ||
Broader (hypernym) | celestial point | ||
Instance hyponym | north celestial pole, south celestial pole | ||
7. | pole (location) one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface | ||
Broader (hypernym) | geographic point, geographical point | ||
Instance hyponym | North Pole, South Pole | ||
8. | pole (artifact) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | ||
Synonyms | terminal | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contact, tangency | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anode, negative pole, positive pole | ||
Part meronym | battery, electric battery, electrical device | ||
9. | pole (artifact) a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sports implement | ||
10. | pole (artifact) one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated | ||
Synonyms | magnetic pole | ||
Broader (hypernym) | end, terminal | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | negative magnetic pole, negative pole, north-seeking pole, positive magnetic pole, positive pole, south-seeking pole | ||
Part meronym | magnet | ||
English verb: pole | |||
1. | pole (contact) propel with a pole | ||
Samples | Pole barges on the river. We went punting in Cambridge. | ||
Synonyms | punt | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impel, propel | ||
Entail | force, push | ||
2. | pole (contact) support on poles | ||
Samples | Pole climbing plants like beans. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hold, hold up, support, sustain | ||
3. | pole (change) deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce | ||
Domain category | metallurgy | ||