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1. pole -- (a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic).
2. Pole -- (a native or inhabitant of Poland).
3. pole -- (one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart").
4. perch, rod, pole -- (a linear measure of 16.5 feet).
5. perch, rod, pole -- (a square rod of land).
6. pole, celestial pole -- (one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere).
7. pole -- (one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface).
8. terminal, pole -- (a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves).
9. pole -- (a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting).
10. pole, magnetic pole -- (one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated).

1. punt, pole -- (propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge").
2. pole -- (support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans").
3. pole -- (deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole).

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