Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
A gun.
Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
A type of basic fishing rod.
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
Pole position.
For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
A penis.
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
To furnish with poles for support.
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
To convey on poles.
To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
To strike (the ball) very hard.
To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
The employees of a business.
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.