pole
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
Types & categories
- rod hypernym
- barge pole hyponym
- microphone boom hyponym
- caber hyponym
- clothes tree hyponym
- mast hyponym
- ski pole hyponym
- spar hyponym
- stilt hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
propel with a pole
pole barges on the river
Types & categories
- propel hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
support on poles
pole climbing plants like beans
Types & categories
- hold up hypernym
Related & opposite
- pole derivation
Sense 4 noun
one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
they are at opposite poles
Types & categories
- opinion hypernym
Related & opposite
- polar derivation
Sense 5 verb
deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
Types & categories
- deoxidize hypernym
Related & opposite
- pole derivation
- metallurgy domain topic
Sense 6 noun
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- Great Britain domain region
Sense 7 noun
a square rod of land
Types & categories
- area unit hypernym
Sense 8 noun
one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
Types & categories
- celestial point hypernym
- north celestial pole instance hyponym
- south celestial pole instance hyponym
Sense 9 noun
one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
Types & categories
- geographic point hypernym
- North Pole instance hyponym
- South Pole instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 noun
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
Types & categories
- tangency hypernym
- anode hyponym
- negative pole hyponym
- positive pole hyponym
Parts & wholes
- electric battery part holonym
- electrical device part holonym
Related & opposite
- polar derivation
Sense 11 noun
a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
Types & categories
- sports implement hypernym
Sense 12 noun
one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
Types & categories
- end hypernym
- negative magnetic pole hyponym
- positive magnetic pole hyponym
Parts & wholes
- magnet part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pole |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pole |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pole |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rod |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | barge pole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | microphone boom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | caber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clothes tree |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ski pole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stilt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pole |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | punt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | punter |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | push |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | propel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pole |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | polar |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | opinion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pole |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | metallurgy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | deoxidize |
| 6 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | furlong |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | yard |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | area unit |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | celestial point |
| 8 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | north celestial pole |
| 8 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | south celestial pole |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | polar |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | polar |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | geographic point |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | North Pole |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | South Pole |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | polar |
| 10 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | electric battery |
| 10 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | electrical device |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | tangency |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | anode |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | negative pole |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | positive pole |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | sports implement |
| 12 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | magnet |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | negative magnetic pole |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | positive magnetic pole |