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What does pole mean?

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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. (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
  3. A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole-vaulting.
  4. (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
  5. (historical) A unit of length, equal to a perchchain or 5½ yards).
  6. (motor racing) Pole position.
Verb
  1. To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
  2. To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
  3. (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
  4. (transitive) To convey on poles.
  5. (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
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. (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
  4. (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
  5. (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function
  6. (obsolete) The firmament; the sky.
  7. Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
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