pole

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Old English pāl, from Latin pālus.

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Singular
pole

Plural
poles

pole (plural poles)

  1. A long and slender piece of metal, wood etc..
  2. A unit of length. Equal to a rod, a perch, ¼ chain or 5½ yards.
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From Middle French pole, pôle, and its source, Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (axis of rotation).

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Singular
pole

Plural
poles

pole (plural poles)

  1. An extreme point of an axis, e.g. magnetically or geographically. (North pole, South pole)
  2. One of two opposing forces or parts, such as on a source of electrical power. (plus minus)
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Infinitive
to pole

Third person singular
poles

Simple past
poled

Past participle
poled

Present participle
poling

to pole (third-person singular simple present poles, present participle poling, simple past and past participle poled)

  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.

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pole n.

  1. field (agriculture)
  2. field (physics)
  3. field (algebra)
  4. field (computing)

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pole

  1. in Polish

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pole

  1. Contraction of "ei ole" — is not

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pole

  1. third-person singular present indicative of pulir.

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pole n.

  1. field

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Singular Plural
Nominative pole pola
Genitive pola pól
Dative polu polom
Accusative pole pola
Instrumental polem polami
Locative polu polach
Vocative pole pola

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pole (infinitive: polir)

  1. informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of polir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of polir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of polir.

[edit] Swahili

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pole

  1. slow (not quick in motion)


This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at slow. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see pole in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009