pole

«pole» in Mova's school dictionary: a long thin stick, often of wood or metal, that stands up… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (pole, poles); also Pole (a person from Poland)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pole is a long thin stick, often of wood or metal, that stands up straight or is held. tree →

2) The North Pole and the South Pole are the most northern and southern points of the Earth. tree →

3) A magnet has two poles, north and south. tree →

4) A Pole is a person from Poland. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths: poles along a line at equal gaps; the length of a pole; part of a pole in water or mud (fractions of a length). In science: the Earth's poles are very cold; magnets have poles — like poles push apart, unlike poles pull together. In everyday life: flagpoles, tent poles, fishing poles, telegraph poles. Phrases: «North Pole», «flagpole», «pole vault», «poles apart» (completely different).

examples

• Poles are put every 5 m along a 50 m road. tree →
• A pole is 3 m long. tree →
• Part of the pole is in the water. tree →
• How many poles are needed? tree →
• Santa is said to live at the North Pole. tree →
• Penguins live near the South Pole, not the North Pole. tree →
• The north pole of one magnet pulls the south pole of another. tree →
• We put up the tent with four poles. tree →
• "They're close to the North Pole," said George. tree →

note

Countable: «a pole». Do not confuse with «poll» (a vote). Maths: same as posts: on a line, poles = gaps + 1. Trap: dividing length by gap gives gaps, not poles.

In the corpora

• Wild penguins live only in the southern half of the world; none live in Madagascar or at the North Pole.
• Its hollow stems with solid joints are strong and light, so Hong Kong builders still tie bamboo poles into scaffolding round skyscrapers.
• So they make a new sign for the sh-sound: a picture of the drying-poles themselves.
• A tightrope walker carries a long pole because it helps her keep her centre of gravity over the rope.
• In the UK zebra crossings have flashing orange globes on black and white poles, called Belisha beacons.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pole» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.