Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: celestial_pole, magnetic_pole, pole

'pole'

[pole.n.01] as in: a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic

'pole'

[pole.n.02] as in: a native or inhabitant of Poland

'pole'

[pole.n.03] as in: one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions

Examples:
they are at opposite poles
they are poles apart

'pole'

[perch.n.02] as in: a linear measure of 16.5

feet

'pole'

[perch.n.03] as in: a square rod of land

'pole'

[pole.n.06] as in: one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere

'pole'

[pole.n.07] as in: one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface

'pole'

[terminal.n.02] as in: a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

'pole'

[pole.n.09] as in: a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting

'pole'

[pole.n.10] as in: one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated

'pole'

[punt.v.02] as in: propel with a pole

Examples:
pole barges on the river
We went punting in Cambridge

'pole'

[pole.v.02] as in: support on poles

Examples:
pole climbing plants like beans

'pole'

[pole.v.03] as in: deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

Origins

					pole (English)
├── pole (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── pole (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
    └── polus (Latin)
        └── πόλος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))