poles Definition

a long slender usually cylindrical object (such as a length of wood)

a shaft which extends from the front axle of a wagon between wheelhorses and by which the wagon is drawn : tongue

a long staff of wood, metal, or fiberglass used in the pole vault

to act upon with a pole

to impel or push with a pole

to propel a boat with a pole

either extremity of an axis of a sphere and especially of the earth's axis

either of two related opposites

a point of guidance or attraction

a native or inhabitant of Poland

a person of Polish descent

the point on the surface of an egg that is diametrically opposite to the vegetal pole and usually marks the most active part of the protoplasm or the part containing least yolk

either of the two points on the celestial sphere around which the diurnal rotation of the stars appears to take place

a tall flagstaff surmounted by a liberty cap or the flag of a republic and set up as a symbol of liberty

either of two small regions which are located respectively in the polar areas of the northern and southern hemispheres and toward which a compass needle points from any direction throughout adjacent regions; also : either of two comparable regions on a celestial body

either of the poles of a magnet

the northernmost point of the earth; broadly : the corresponding point of a celestial body (such as a planet)

the zenith of the heavens as viewed from the north terrestrial pole

the pole that points toward the north when the magnet is freely suspended

north pole