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a long slender usually round piece of wood, metal, or other material

the piece of timber on each side of which a pair of carriage horses are hitched

another name for rod

horse racing

1. the inside lane of a racecourse

2. ( as modifier )

   the pole position

3. one of a number of markers placed at intervals of one sixteenth of a mile along the side of a racecourse

nautical

1. any light spar

2. the part of a mast between the head and the attachment of the uppermost shrouds

nautical (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set

informal��

1. slightly mad

2. mistaken; on the wrong track

(tr) to strike or push with a pole

(tr)

1. to set out (an area of land or garden) with poles

2. to support (a crop, such as hops or beans) on poles

(tr) to deoxidize (a molten metal, esp copper) by stirring it with green wood

to punt (a boat)

either of the two antipodal points where the earth's axis of rotation meets the earth's surface See also North Pole South Pole

astronomy short for celestial pole

physics

1. either of the two regions at the extremities of a magnet to which the lines of force converge or from which they diverge

2. either of two points or regions in a piece of material, system, etc, at which there are opposite electric charges, as at the two terminals of a battery

maths an isolated singularity of an analytical function

biology

1. either end of the axis of a cell, spore, ovum, or similar body

2. either end of the spindle formed during the metaphase of mitosis and meiosis

physiol the point on a neuron from which the axon or dendrites project from the cell body

either of two mutually exclusive or opposite actions, opinions, etc

geometry the origin in a system of polar or spherical coordinates

any fixed point of reference

having widely divergent opinions, tastes, etc

throughout the entire world