1. a long, thin piece of wood or metal, especially one used as a support
2. either of the two points at the opposite ends of the earth’s axis
3. either of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetic force is strongest

1. to push a boat through water using a long pole

Examples

• The flag hung from a tall metal pole.
• Santa Claus lives at the North Pole.
• The compass needle points toward the magnetic pole.
• Connect the wire to the positive pole of the battery.
• My neighbor is a Pole who moved here from Warsaw.
• We poled the raft down the shallow river.
• The telephone pole was damaged in the storm.
• Opposite poles of a magnet attract each other.