Meanings (ES + gloss)
garrocha • palo • pertigal • pértiga • vara
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half o…
There she was, walking around with an IV pole, and we were only told that "Mommy isn't feeling so well, so she has to be connected to a special soda."
Phrases
Festivus poleHop PoleJ-pole antennaStobie polealepolebarber polebarge polebargepolebeanpoleboom polebush polecarrying polecartpolecatchpoleclodpoleclothespolecoupling polecross-poledance poledepress the poledouble poledouble-pole techniqueeighth polefamily polefencepolefirepolefishing polefishpoleflagpolefootpolefoul polefuckpolegee polegin polegreasy polehabitat poleheadpolehiking polehop polehydro pole
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
polo
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
polo
Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
Genuine music is the offspring of profound emotion: of exaltation, pain, or joy. Music produced outside of a situation between these poles of the human heart is of banal character,…
In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two poles of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site.
polo
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
polo
For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
The function f(z)#61;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;z-3#125; has a single pole at z#61;3.
Phrases
Earth's third poleN-polePolieS-poleVoronoi poleanalogous poleanimal poleantilogous poleantipolebipolecelestial polecold polecounterpolecross-poledipoleepipolehexadecapolehexapoleinterpolemagnetic polemonopolemultipolenorth polenorth-seeking poleoctopoleoctupolepaleopolepolarpolaritypolarypole arcticpole facepole of coldpole starpolelesspolelikepolepiecepoles apartpolestarpoleward
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