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Pole
noun
a
person
from
Poland
or
of
Polish
nationality
•
Marie
Curie
was
a
famous
Pole
who
won
two
Nobel
Prizes
.
Marie
Curie
was
a
famous
Pole
who
won
two
Nobel
Prizes
.
•
The
friendly
Pole
in
our
class
taught
us
some
Polish
phrases
.
The
friendly
Pole
in
our
class
taught
us
some
Polish
phrases
.
From
Polish
"
Polak
"
meaning
a
person
of
Poland
;
adopted
into
English
in
the
17th
century
.
noun
either
of
the
two
points
on
the
earth
where
its
axis
of
rotation
meets
the
surface
,
known
as
the
North
Pole
and
the
South
Pole
•
Santa
Claus
is
said
to
live
at
the
North
Pole
.
Santa
Claus
is
said
to
live
at
the
North
Pole
.
•
Penguins
live
near
the
South
Pole
.
Penguins
live
near
the
South
Pole
.
Sense
extended
from
the
idea
of
a
stick
pointing
through
the
earth
’
s
axis
.
pole
noun
a
long
,
usually
round
,
stiff
stick
of
wood
,
metal
,
or
plastic
used
to
support
,
hold
,
or
push
something
•
The
campers
used
a
pole
to
prop
up
their
tent
.
The
campers
used
a
pole
to
prop
up
their
tent
.
•
A
girl
carefully
walked
across
the
stream
using
a
balancing
pole
.
A
girl
carefully
walked
across
the
stream
using
a
balancing
pole
.
Old
English
"
pāl
",
from
Latin
"
palus
"
meaning
stake
.
noun
one
of
the
two
opposite
ends
of
a
magnet
,
battery
,
or
similar
object
where
the
force
or
electric
charge
is
strongest
•
Opposite
magnetic
poles
attract
each
other
.
Opposite
magnetic
poles
attract
each
other
.
•
He
marked
the
positive
pole
of
the
battery
with
a
red
sticker
.
He
marked
the
positive
pole
of
the
battery
with
a
red
sticker
.
Adopted
in
the
19th
century
for
magnetism
by
analogy
with
Earth
’
s
poles
.
verb
-
pole
,
poling
,
poles
,
poled
to
move
,
support
,
or
push
something
,
especially
a
boat
or
skis
,
using
a
long
stick
•
The
gondolier
poled
the
boat
gently
down
the
canal
.
The
gondolier
poled
the
boat
gently
down
the
canal
.
•
Skiers
pole
forward
on
flat
parts
of
the
trail
.
Skiers
pole
forward
on
flat
parts
of
the
trail
.
Derived
from
the
noun
sense
“
pole
”
meaning
a
stick
,
first
recorded
as
a
verb
in
the
16th
century
.
