English-Thai Dictionary
Pole
N ชาว โปแลนด์ chow-po-lan
Pole star
N ดาวเหนือ North Star Polaris dao-nuan
pole
N ขั้วแม่เหล็ก kua-mea-lek
pole
N ขั้วโลก kua-lok
pole
N ขั้ว ไฟฟ้า kua-fai-fa
pole
N สิ่ง ที่ ต่างกัน มาก (ใน ด้าน ความคิด ความชอบ หลักการ ตำแหน่ง siang-ti-tang-kan-mak
pole
N เสา หลัก คาน rod shaft sao
pole
N ไม้ ค้ำ ถ่อ ไม้คาน ไม้ ถ่อ rod bar mai-kam-to
pole
VI จัด ให้ มี ไม้ ค้ำ จัด ให้ มี ไม้ ยัน จัด ให้ มี ไม้ ถ่อ jad-hai-me-mai-kam
pole
VT ถ่อ เรือ ค้ำ ถ่อ สกี to-ruea
pole
VT ใช้ ไม้ ค้ำ ใช้ ไม้ ยัน chai-mai-kam
pole jump
N กีฬา กระโดด ค้ำ ถ่อ ki-la-kra-dod-kam-to
pole vault
N กีฬา กระโดด ค้ำ ถ่อ ki-la-kra-dod-kam-to
pole-vault
VI เล่น กระโดด ค้ำ ถ่อ pole jump pole vault len-kra-dod-kam-tor
pole-vault
VT เล่น กระโดด ค้ำ ถ่อ pole jump pole vault len-kra-dod-kam-tor
poleax
N ขวาน ด้าม ยาว ที่ ใช้ เป็น อาวุธ ใน ยุค กลาง ax axe kwan-dam-yao-ti-chai-pen-ar-yud
poleax
VT ฟัน หรือ ฆ่า ด้วย ขวาน poleax fan-rue-ka-duai-kwan
polecat
N สัตว์ คล้าย แมว เลี้ยงลูก ด้วย นม จำพวก Mustaia puturius sad-klai-mao-liang-luk-duai-nom
polemical
A โต้แย้ง ขัดแย้ง
polemics
N ศิลปะ การโต้เถียง argument debate sin-la-pa-kan-to-ting
polemist
N ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ ใน การโต้เถียง หรือ โต้แย้ง
polemoniaceous
A เกี่ยวกับ พืช ตระกูล Polemoniaceae
polenta
N ข้าวต้ม โจ๊ก
poler
N ผู้ ค่ำ ถ่อ
polestar
N ดาวเหนือ ตัว นำทาง polaris
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POLE
n.[L. palus. See Pale. ] 1. A long slender piece of wood, or the stem of a small tree deprived of its branches. Thus seamen use poles for setting or driving boats in shallow water; the stems of small trees are used for hoops and called hoop-poles; the stems of small, but tall straight trees, are used as poles for supporting the scaffolding in building.
2. A rod; a perch; a measure of length of five yards and a half.
[In New England, rod is generally used. ]
3. An instrument for measuring.
Bare poles. A ship is under bare poles, when her sails are all furled.
POLE
n.[L. polus; Gr. to turn. ] 1. In astronomy, one of the extremities of the axis on which the sphere revolves. These two points are called the poles of the world.
2. In spherics, a point equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle of the sphere; or it is a point 9 deg. distant from the plane of a circle, and in a line passing perpendicularly through the center, called the axis. Thus the zenith and nadir are the poles of the horizon.
3. In geography, the extremity of the earth's axis, or one of the points on the surface of our globe through which the axis passes.
4. The star which is vertical to the pole of the earth; the pole-star.
Poles of the ecliptic, are two points on the surface of the sphere, 23 deg. 3 ' distant from the poles of the world.
Magnetic poles, two points in a lodestone, corresponding to the poles of the world; the one pointing to the north, the other to the south.
POLE
n.[from Poland. ] A native of Poland.
POLE
v.t.To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans. 1. To bear or convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
2. To impel by poles, as a boat; to push forward by the use of poles.
POLE-AX, POLE-AXE
n.An ax fixed to a pole or handle; or rather a sort of hatchet with a handle about fifteen inches in length, and a point or claw bending downward from the back of its head. It is principally used in actions at sea, to cut away the rigging of the enemy attempting to board; sometimes it is thrust into the side of a ship to assist in mounting the enemy's ship, and it is sometimes called a boarding-ax.
POLECAT
n.A quadruped of the genus Mustela; the fitchew or fitchet.
POLE-DAVY
n.A sort of coarse cloth.
POLEMARCH
n.[Gr. war, and to rule, or chief. ] 1. Anciently, a magistrate of Athens and Thebes, who had under his care all strangers and sojourners in the city, and all children of parents who had lost their lives in the service of their country.
2. A military officer in Lacedaemon.
POLEMIC, POLEMICAL
a.[Gr. war. ] 1. Controversial; disputative; intended to maintain an opinion or system in opposition to others; as a polemic treatise, discourse, essay or book; polemic divinity.
2. Engaged in supporting an opinion or system by controversy; as a polemic writer.
POLEMIC
n.A disputant; a controvertist; one who writes in support of an opinion or system in opposition to another.
POLEMOSCOPE
n.[Gr. war, and to view. ] An oblique perspective glass contrived for seeing objects that do not lie directly before the eye. It consists of a concave glass placed near a plane mirror in the end of a short round tube, and a convex glass in a hole in the side of the tube. It is called opera-glass, or diagonal opera-glass.
POLE-STAR
n.A star which is vertical, or nearly so, to the pole of the earth; a lodestar. The northern pole-star is of great use to navigators in the northern hemisphere. 1. That which serves as a guide or director.
POLEY-GRASS
n.A plant of the genus Lythrum.
POLEY-MOUNTAIN
n.A plant of the genus Teucrium.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POLE
Pole, n. Etym: [Cf. G. Pole a Pole, Polen Poland. ]
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
POLE
Pole, n. Etym: [As. pal, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. Pale a stake, Pact. ]
1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a ) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b ) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c ) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d ) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e ) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
2. A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5 Bacon. Pole bean (Bot. ), any kind of bean which is customarily trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean. -- Pole flounder (Zoöl.), a large deep-water flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus ), native of the northern coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food fish; -- called also craig flounder, and pole fluke. -- Pole lathe, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle, and the other to an elastic pole above. -- Pole mast (Naut. ), a mast formed from a single piece or from a single tree. -- Pole of a lens (Opt. ), the point where the principal axis meets the surface. -- Pole plate (Arch. ), a horizontal timber resting on the tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters. It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall.
POLE
Pole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poled; p. pr. & vb. n. Poling. ]
1. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.
2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
POLE
Pole, n. Etym: [L. polus, Gr. pôle.]
1. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
2. (Spherics )
Defn: A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.
3. (Physics )
Defn: One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.
4. The firmament; the sky. [Poetic ] Shoots against the dusky pole. Milton.
5. (Geom.)
Defn: See Polarity, and Polar, n. Magnetic pole. See under Magnetic. -- Poles of the earth, or Terrestrial poles (Geog.), the two opposite points on the earth's surface through which its axis passes. -- Poles of the heavens, or Celestial poles, the two opposite points in the celestial sphere which coincide with the earth's axis produced, and about which the heavens appear to revolve.
POLEAX; POLEAXE
Pole "ax `, Pole "axe `, n. Etym: [OE. pollax; cf. OD. pollexe. See Poll head, and Ax. ]
Defn: Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.
POLECAT
Pole "cat `, n. Etym: [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See Poultry. ] (Zoöl.) (a ) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus ). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. (b ) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
POLEDAVY
Pole "da `vy, n. Etym: [Etymology uncertain. ]
Defn: A sort of coarse canvas; poldway. [Obs. ] Howell.
POLELESS
POLELESS Pole "less, a.
Defn: Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot.
POLEMARCH
Pol "e *march, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.
POLEMIC
Po *lem "ic, a. Etym: [Gr. polémique. ]
1. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
2. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer. South.
POLEMIC
POLEMIC Po *lem "ic, n.
1. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic. Macaulay.
2. A polemic argument or controversy.
POLEMICAL
POLEMICAL Po *lem "ic *al, a.
Defn: Polemic; controversial; disputatious. -- Po *lem "ic *al *ly, adv. Polemical and impertinent disputations. Jer. Taylor.
POLEMICIST
POLEMICIST Po *lem "i *cist, n.
Defn: A polemic. [R.]
POLEMICS
Po *lem "ics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. polémique. ]
Defn: The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.
POLEMIST
POLEMIST Pol "e *mist, n.
Defn: A polemic. [R.]
POLEMONIACEOUS
POLEMONIACEOUS Pol `e *mo `ni *a "ceous, a. (Bot. )
Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceæ ), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera.
POLEMONIUM
Pol `e *mo "ni *um. n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.
POLEMOSCOPE
Po *lem "o *scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope: cf. F. polémoscope.]
Defn: An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal, or side, opera glass.
POLEMY
Pol "e *my, n. Etym: [See Polemic. ]
Defn: Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition. [Obs. ]
POLENTA
Po *len "ta, n. Etym: [It. , fr. L. polenta peeled barley. ]
Defn: Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal. [Italy ]
POLER
POLER Pol "er, n.
Defn: One who poles.
POLER
POLER Pol "er, n.
Defn: An extortioner. See Poller. [Obs. ] Bacon.
POLESTAR
POLESTAR Pole "star `, n.
1. Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.
2. A guide or director.
POLEWARDS
POLEWARDS Pole "wards, adv.
Defn: Toward a pole of the earth. "The regions further polewards. " Whewell.
POLEWIG
Pole "wig, n. Etym: [Cf. Polliwig.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus ); -- called also pollybait. [Prov. Eng. ]
POLEY
POLEY Po "ley, n. (Bot. )
Defn: See Poly.
POLEY
POLEY Po "ley, a.
Defn: Without horns; polled. [Prov. Eng. ] "That poley heifer. " H. Kingsley.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Pole
Pole |pōl poʊl | ▶noun a native or inhabitant of Poland, or a person of Polish descent. ORIGIN via German from Polish Polanie, literally ‘field-dwellers, ’ from pole ‘field. ’
pole
pole 1 |pōl poʊl | ▶noun 1 a long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for something: a tent pole. • Track & Field a long, slender, flexible rod of wood or fiberglass used by a competitor in pole-vaulting. • short for ski pole. • a wooden shaft fitted to the front of a cart or carriage drawn by animals and attached to their yokes or collars. • a simple fishing rod. 2 noun chiefly Brit. historical a linear or square rod. ▶verb [ with obj. ] propel (a boat ) by pushing a pole against the bottom of a river, canal, or lake. PHRASES under bare poles Sailing with no sail set. ORIGIN late Old English pāl (in early use without reference to thickness or length ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch paal and German Pfahl, based on Latin palus ‘stake. ’
pole
pole 2 |poʊl pōl | ▶noun either of the two locations (North Pole or South Pole ) on the surface of the earth (or of a celestial object ) that are the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation. See also celestial pole, magnetic pole. • Geometry either of the two points at which the axis of a sphere intersects its surface. • Geometry a fixed point to which other points or lines are referred, e.g., the origin of polar coordinates or the point of which a line or curve is a polar. • Biology an extremity of the main axis of a cell, organ, or part. • each of the two opposite points on the surface of a magnet at which magnetic forces are strongest. • each of two terminals (positive and negative ) of an electric cell, battery, or machine. • one of two opposed or contradictory principles or ideas: Miriam and Rebecca represent two poles in the argument about transracial adoption. PHRASES be poles apart have nothing in common. DERIVATIVES pole ward |-wərd |adjective, pole wards |-wərdz |adjective & adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin polus ‘end of an axis, ’ from Greek polos ‘pivot, axis, sky. ’
pole
pole 3 |poʊl pōl | ▶noun short for pole position.
poleax
pole ax |ˈpōˌlaks ˈpoʊˌlæks |(also poleaxe ) ▶noun another term for battle-ax ( sense 1 ). • a short-handled ax with a spike at the back, formerly used in naval warfare for boarding, resisting boarders, and cutting ropes. • a butcher's ax with a hammerhead at the back, used to slaughter animals. ▶verb [ with obj. ] hit, kill, or knock down with or as if with a poleax. • cause great shock to (someone ): I was poleaxed by this revelation. ORIGIN Middle English: related to Middle Dutch pol (l )aex, Middle Low German pol (l )exe (see poll, ax ). The change in the first syllable was due to association with pole 1; the first element poll- may have referred to a special head of the ax or to the head of an enemy.
pole barn
pole barn ▶noun a farm building with no foundation and with sides consisting of corrugated steel or aluminum panels supported by poles set in the ground typically at eight-foot intervals.
pole bean
pole bean ▶noun a variety of bean plant that climbs up a wall, tree, or trellis. Compare with bush bean.
pole building
pole build ing ▶noun a quickly constructed building in which vertical poles are secured in the ground to serve as both the foundation and framework.
polecat
pole cat |ˈpōlˌkat ˈpoʊlˌkæt | ▶noun a weasel-like Eurasian mammal (genus Mustela, family Mustelidae ) with mainly dark brown fur and a darker mask across the eyes, noted for ejecting a fetid fluid when threatened. • another term for skunk. ORIGIN Middle English: perhaps from Old French pole ‘chicken ’ + cat 1 .
polecat-ferret
polecat-ferret ▶noun a domestic ferret of a variety that has the darker colouring of the wild polecat.
pole dancing
pole dan ¦cing ▶noun [ mass noun ] erotic dancing which involves swinging around a fixed pole. DERIVATIVES pole dancer noun
pole lathe
pole lathe ▶noun an ancient form of lathe operated by a treadle, in which the work is turned by a cord passing round it and rotated back by the action of a springy pole or sapling attached to the top end.
polemic
po lem ic |pəˈlemik pəˈlɛmɪk | ▶noun a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something: his polemic against the cultural relativism of the sixties | a writer of feminist polemic. • (usu. polemics ) the art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute: the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics. ▶adjective another term for polemical. DERIVATIVES po lem i cist |pəˈleməsist |noun, po lem i cize |pəˈleməˌsīz |verb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos ‘war. ’
polemical
po lem i cal |pəˈlemikəl pəˈlɛməkəl | ▶adjective of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech: a polemical essay. DERIVATIVES po lem i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb
polenta
po len ta |pōˈlentə pəˈlentə | ▶noun cornmeal as used in Italian cooking. • a paste or dough made from cornmeal, which is boiled and typically then fried or baked. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: Italian, from Latin, ‘pearl barley ’ (a sense of polenta in Old English ).
pole piece
pole piece ▶noun Physics a mass of iron forming the end of an electromagnet, through which the lines of magnetic force are concentrated and directed.
pole position
pole po si tion |poʊl pəˈzɪʃən | ▶noun the most favorable position at the start of an automobile race, typically on the inside of the front row of competitors. • a leading or dominant position: a company boasting the pole position in the communications business. ORIGIN 1950s: from a 19th -cent. use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence.
polestar
pole star |ˈpōlˌstär ˈpoʊlˌstɑr | ▶noun 1 Astronomy (also Pole Star ) another term for Polaris. 2 a thing or principle that guides or attracts people: the store is a polestar for both actual and armchair travelers.
pole vault
pole vault |poʊl vɔlt | ▶noun (the pole vault ) an athletic event in which competitors attempt to vault over a high bar with the end of an extremely long flexible pole held in the hands and used to give extra spring. • a vault performed in this way. ▶verb ( pole-vault ) [ no obj. ] perform a pole vault. DERIVATIVES pole-vault er noun, pole-vault ing noun
Oxford Dictionary
Pole
Pole |pəʊl | ▶noun a native or inhabitant of Poland, or a person of Polish descent. ORIGIN via German from Polish Polanie, literally ‘field-dwellers ’, from pole ‘field ’.
pole
pole 1 |pəʊl | ▶noun 1 a long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for something: a tent pole. • a young tree with a straight slender trunk and no lower branches. • short for ski pole. • a wooden shaft fitted to the front of a cart or carriage drawn by animals and attached to their yokes or collars. • a simple fishing rod. 2 historical, chiefly Brit. another term for perch 3 ( sense 1 ). • (also square pole ) another term for perch 3 ( sense 2 ). ▶verb [ with obj. ] propel (a boat ) by pushing a pole against the bottom of a river, canal, or lake. PHRASES under bare poles Sailing with no sail set. up the pole informal 1 Brit. mad: taxes can be enough to drive you up the pole . 2 chiefly Irish pregnant. ORIGIN late Old English pāl (in early use without reference to thickness or length ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch paal and German Pfahl, based on Latin palus ‘stake ’.
pole
pole 2 |pəʊl | ▶noun either of the two locations (North Pole or South Pole ) on the surface of the earth (or of a celestial object ) which are the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation. See also magnetic pole. • Geometry either of the two points at which the axis of a circle cuts the surface of a sphere. • Geometry a fixed point to which other points or lines are referred, e.g. the origin of polar coordinates or the point of which a line or curve is a polar. • Biology an extremity of the main axis of a cell, organ, or part. • each of the two opposite points on the surface of a magnet at which magnetic forces are strongest. • each of two terminals (positive and negative ) of an electric cell, battery, or machine. • one of two opposed or contradictory principles or ideas. PHRASES be poles apart have nothing in common. DERIVATIVES poleward adjective, polewards adjective & adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin polus ‘end of an axis ’, from Greek polos ‘pivot, axis, sky ’.
pole
pole 3 |pəʊl | ▶noun short for pole position.
poleaxe
poleaxe |ˈpəʊlaks |(US also poleax ) ▶noun another term for battleaxe ( sense 1 ). • a short-handled axe with a spike at the back, formerly used in naval warfare for boarding, resisting boarders, and cutting ropes. • a butcher's axe with a hammer head at the back, used to slaughter animals. ▶verb [ with obj. ] hit, kill, or knock down with or as if with a poleaxe. • cause great shock to: I was poleaxed by this revelation. ORIGIN Middle English: related to Middle Dutch pol (l )aex, Middle Low German pol (l )exe (see poll, axe ). The change in the first syllable was due to association with pole 1; the first element poll- may have referred to a special head of the axe or to the head of an enemy.
pole barn
pole barn ▶noun a farm building which has sides consisting of poles covered with wire mesh.
pole bean
pole bean ▶noun N. Amer. a climbing bean.
pole building
pole build ing ▶noun a quickly constructed building in which vertical poles are secured in the ground to serve as both the foundation and framework.
polecat
pole |cat |ˈpəʊlkat | ▶noun a weasel-like Eurasian mammal with mainly dark brown fur and a darker mask across the eyes, noted for its fetid smell. ●Genus Mustela, family Mustelidae: three species, in particular the European polecat (M. putorius ), which is the probable ancestor of the domestic ferret. • North American term for skunk. ORIGIN Middle English: perhaps from Old French pole ‘chicken ’ + cat 1 .
polecat-ferret
polecat-ferret ▶noun a domestic ferret of a variety that has the darker colouring of the wild polecat.
pole dancing
pole dan ¦cing ▶noun [ mass noun ] erotic dancing which involves swinging around a fixed pole. DERIVATIVES pole dancer noun
pole lathe
pole lathe ▶noun an ancient form of lathe operated by a treadle, in which the work is turned by a cord passing round it and rotated back by the action of a springy pole or sapling attached to the top end.
polemic
polemic |pəˈlɛmɪk | ▶noun a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something: his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties | [ mass noun ] : a writer of feminist polemic. • (usu. polemics ) the practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute: the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics. ▶adjective another term for polemical. DERIVATIVES polemicist |-sɪst |noun, polemicize (also polemicise ) verb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos ‘war ’.
polemical
po ¦lem |ic ¦al |pəˈlɛmɪkəl | ▶adjective of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech: a polemical essay. DERIVATIVES polemically adverb
polenta
polenta |pəˈlɛntə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] maize flour as used in Italian cookery; cornmeal. • a paste or dough made from polenta, which is boiled and typically then fried or baked. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: Italian, from Latin, ‘pearl barley ’ (a sense of polenta in Old English ).
pole piece
pole piece ▶noun Physics a mass of iron forming the end of an electromagnet, through which the lines of magnetic force are concentrated and directed.
pole position
pole pos |ition ▶noun the most favourable position at the start of a motor race. • a leading or dominant position: a company boasting the pole position in the communications business. ORIGIN 1950s: from a 19th -cent. use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence.
polestar
pole star |ˈpōlˌstär ˈpoʊlˌstɑr | ▶noun 1 Astronomy (also Pole Star ) another term for Polaris. 2 a thing or principle that guides or attracts people: the store is a polestar for both actual and armchair travelers.
Pole Star
Pole Star Astronomy a fairly bright star located within one degree of the celestial north pole, in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is a triple star, the bright component of which is a cepheid variable. Also called North Star, Polaris.
pole vault
pole vault ▶noun [ mass noun ] (the pole vault ) an athletic event in which competitors attempt to vault over a high bar with the aid of an extremely long flexible pole. • [ count noun ] a vault performed in the pole vault athletic event. ▶verb ( pole-vault ) [ no obj. ] perform a pole vault. DERIVATIVES pole-vaulter noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
pole
pole 1 noun gulls like to perch atop the poles: post, pillar; telephone pole, utility pole; stanchion, paling, stake, stick, support, prop, batten, bar, rail, rod, beam; staff, stave, cane, baton.
pole
pole 2 noun points of view at opposite poles: extremity, extreme, limit, antipode. PHRASES poles apart it would seem that our priorities are poles apart: completely different, directly opposed, antithetical, incompatible, irreconcilable, worlds apart, at opposite extremes.
polemic
polemic noun 1 a polemic against injustice: diatribe, invective, rant, tirade, broadside, attack, harangue, condemnation, criticism, stricture, admonition, rebuke; abuse; informal blast; formal castigation; literary philippic. 2 (polemics ) he is skilled in polemics: argumentation, argument, debate, contention, disputation, discussion, altercation; formal contestation. ▶adjective his famous polemic book. See polemical.
polemical
polemical adjective the first of his polemical essays against modernism: critical, hostile, bitter, polemic, virulent, vitriolic, venomous, caustic, trenchant, cutting, acerbic, sardonic, sarcastic, scathing, sharp, incisive, devastating.
Oxford Thesaurus
pole
pole 1 noun the notice was pinned on a wooden pole: post, pillar, stanchion, standard, paling, pale, stake, stick, picket, palisade, support, prop, batten, mast, bar, shaft, rail, rod, beam, spar, crosspiece, upright, vertical; staff, stave, cane, spike, baton, truncheon. PHRASES up the pole informal a disgusted England fan went up the pole when Portugal beat them: mad, crazy, insane, out of one's mind, deranged, demented, distracted; informal mental, off one's head, out of one's head, off one's nut, nutty, off one's rocker, round the bend, raving mad, stark staring /raving mad, bats, batty, bonkers, bananas, loco; Brit. informal barmy, crackers, round the twist; N. Amer. informal buggy, nutsy, nutso.
pole
pole 2 noun our points of view are at opposite poles: extremity, extreme, limit; rare antipode. PHRASES poles apart our views are poles apart: completely different, as different as they could be, widely separated, directly opposed, antithetical, incompatible, irreconcilable, miles /worlds apart, at opposite extremes /poles, like night and day; Brit. like chalk and cheese; rare antipodal. WORD LINKS pole bipolar relating to both the North and South Poles Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
polemic
polemic noun 1 this is not just a polemic against injustice: diatribe, invective, denunciation, denouncement, rant, tirade, broadside, attack, harangue, verbal onslaught; condemnation, brickbats, criticism, admonishment, admonition, abuse, stream of abuse, stricture, tongue-lashing, castigation, reprimand, rebuke, reproof, reproval, upbraiding; informal knocking, blast; Brit. informal slating; rare philippic. 2 (polemics ) skilled in polemics: argumentation, argument, debate, contention, dispute, disputation, discussion, controversy, altercation, faction, wrangling; formal contestation. ▶adjective See polemical.
polemical
polemical adjective Brunner published a polemical tract against Barth: critical, hostile, bitter, polemic, virulent, vitriolic, venomous, waspish, corrosive, biting, caustic, trenchant, cutting, acerbic, sardonic, sarcastic, scathing, acid, sharp, keen, tart, pungent, stinging, astringent, incisive, devastating, piercing; rare acidulous, mordacious.
Duden Dictionary
Pole
Po le Substantiv, maskulin , der |P o le |der Pole; Genitiv: des Polen, Plural: die Polen Einwohnerbezeichnung zu Polen
Polei
Po lei Substantiv, maskulin , der |Pol ei |lateinisch Arznei- und Gewürzpflanze verschiedener Art
Poleiminze
Po lei min ze Substantiv, feminin , die |Pol ei minze |
Poleis
Po leis |P o leis |Plural von Polis
Polemik
Po le mik Substantiv, feminin , die |Pol e mik |die Polemik; Genitiv: der Polemik, Plural: die Polemiken französisch polémique (substantiviertes Adjektiv ), eigentlich = streitbar, kriegerisch < griechisch polemikós = kriegerisch, zu: pólemos = Krieg 1 scharfer, oft persönlicher Angriff ohne sachliche Argumente [im Rahmen einer Auseinandersetzung ] im Bereich der Literatur, Kunst, Religion, Philosophie, Politik o. Ä. die Polemiken Lessings gegen Gottsched 2 ohne Plural polemischer Charakter (einer Äußerung o. Ä.) ein Pamphlet voller scharfer, heftiger Polemik 3 scharfe, polemisch geführte Auseinandersetzung eine [wissenschaftliche ] Polemik entfachen, führen
Polemiker
Po le mi ker Substantiv, maskulin , der |Pol e miker |der Polemiker; Genitiv: des Polemikers, Plural: die Polemiker 1 jemand, der zur Polemik 2 neigt, gern scharfe, unsachliche Kritik übt 2 jemand, der in einer Polemik 1 steht
Polemikerin
Po le mi ke rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Pol e mikerin |weibliche Form zu Polemiker
polemisch
po le misch Adjektiv |pol e misch |französisch polémique polemische Äußerungen | sich polemisch über jemanden äußern | polemisch schreiben
polemisieren
po le mi sie ren schwaches Verb |polemis ie ren |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « mit französierender Endung sich polemisch äußern, Polemik betreiben gegen einen politischen Gegner, gegen jemandes Auffassungen polemisieren | sie polemisieren, statt sachlich zu argumentieren
polen
po len schwaches Verb Physik, Elektrotechnik |p o len |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « an einen elektrischen Pol anschließen figurativ in Umweltfragen sind die beiden Parteien nicht gleich gepolt
Polen
Po len Substantiv, Neutrum |P o len |Polens Staat im östlichen Mitteleuropa noch ist Polen nicht verloren noch ist nicht alles verloren; die Lage ist noch nicht ganz aussichtslos nach den Anfangsworten der 1797 von Jósef Wybicki [1747 –1822 ] gedichteten polnischen Nationalhymne
Polenta
Po len ta Substantiv, feminin , die |Pol e nta |die Polenta; Genitiv: der Polenta, Plural: die Polentas, auch: Polenten italienisch polenta, eigentlich = Gerstengraupen < lateinisch polenta, zu: pollen, Pollen fester Brei aus Maismehl oder -grieß, der meist in Scheiben geschnitten serviert wird
Polente
Po len te Substantiv, feminin salopp , die |Pol e nte |aus der Gaunersprache, wohl zu jiddisch paltin = Polizeirevier, eigentlich = Burg, lautlich beeinflusst von Polizei Polizei 2 jemandem die Polente auf den Hals hetzen
Polentum
Po len tum Substantiv, Neutrum , das |P o lentum |das Polentum; Genitiv: des Polentums Wesen und Kultur der Polen
Poleposition
Pole po si tion, Pole-Po si tion Substantiv, feminin Motorsport , die Pole-Position |ˈpoʊlpəzɪʃn̩ ˈpoʊlpəzɪʃn̩ |die Poleposition; Genitiv: der Poleposition, Plural: die Polepositions die Pole-Position; Genitiv: der Pole-Position, Plural: die Pole-Positions englisch pole position, eigentlich = Innenbahn a bei Autorennen bester (vorderster ) Startplatz für den Fahrer mit der schnellsten Zeit im Training aus der Poleposition starten b Jargon Marktführerschaft die Poleposition auf dem Weltmarkt erobern
Polesje
Po les je , Po less je Substantiv, feminin , die Polessje |Pol e sje Pol e ssje |die Polesje; Genitiv: der Polesje die Polessje; Genitiv: der Polessje osteuropäische Wald- und Sumpflandschaft
French Dictionary
pôle
pôle n. m. nom masculin 1 Chacune des deux extrémités de l ’axe de rotation de la Terre. : Le pôle Nord, le pôle Sud. Note Typographique Dans les noms géographiques, les génériques s ’écrivent avec une minuscule, tandis que les points cardinaux s ’écrivent avec une majuscule. 2 figuré Centre d ’intérêt. : Cette ville dynamique est un pôle d ’attraction. Un pôle de développement des produits pharmaceutiques. pôle à rideaux. Calque de « curtain pole » pour tringle à rideaux. Note Orthographique p ô le.
polémique
polémique n. f. nom féminin Querelle, discussion. : Cette décision a suscité des polémiques. Une polémique à propos de, relative à, la privatisation de l ’eau. SYNONYME controverse .
pole position
pole position FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour position de tête.
Spanish Dictionary
polea
polea nombre femenino 1 Mecanismo para mover o levantar cosas pesadas que consiste en una rueda suspendida, que gira alrededor de un eje, con un canal o garganta en su borde por donde se hace pasar una cuerda o cadena :la polea de un pozo .SINÓNIMO garrucha .2 Rueda plana de metal que gira sobre su eje y sirve para transmitir movimiento en un mecanismo por medio de una correa :polea de arrastre .
polémica
polémica nombre femenino Discusión entre dos o más personas que defienden opiniones contrarias, generalmente por escrito y de forma alternativa y reiterada :los dos periodistas sostuvieron una fuerte polémica a través de sus artículos .
polémico, -ca
polémico, -ca adjetivo 1 De la polémica o que provoca polémica :un tema polémico; una obra polémica; panfletos de carácter polémico; el debate sobre el título resultó polémico; debe ser un edificio polémico e impactante, que salga en las revistas de arquitectura .2 [persona ] Que provoca polémica o discusión sobre su persona o sus actos :el polémico delantero sigue sin marcar; polémico y apasionado, el director artístico del grupo habla del momento actual del teatro de su país .
polemista
polemista adjetivo /nombre común 1 [persona ] Que es aficionada a polemizar .2 nombre común Escritor que sostiene polémicas :Irving Wallace se ganó pronto una reputación de gran polemista y en 1933 fue nombrado uno de los diez mejores oradores jóvenes de Estados Unidos .
polemizar
polemizar verbo intransitivo Entablar o sostener una polémica o una discusión :tiene el sacrosanto derecho a polemizar pues nada es completamente seguro . Conjugación [4 ] como realizar .
polemología
polemología nombre femenino Estudio de la guerra y de sus formas, causas y efectos como fenómeno social .
polemólogo, -ga
polemólogo, -ga nombre masculino y femenino Persona que se dedica a la polemología .
polen
polen nombre masculino Polvo fino y fecundante contenido en la antera de los estambres de las flores :en ocasiones, los insectos recogen el polen y lo transportan hasta otras flores .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xix ) del latín pollen , pollinis ‘flor de la harina ’, por comparación de esta con el polvo del polen .
polenta
polenta nombre femenino 1 Comida elaborada a base de harina de maíz, agua y sal, y que se adereza con salsa, carne u otros ingredientes .2 RPlata coloquial Fuerza física que tiene una persona :es más chico que su hermano pero tiene más polenta .3 RPlata coloquial Decisión o empuje que tiene una persona para afrontar problemas :la muerte de su hijo la afectó, pero es una mujer con mucha polenta y salió adelante .
poleo
poleo nombre masculino 1 Planta herbácea aromática de tallos ramosos, hojas pequeñas, de color verde y flores de color azulado o morado, agrupadas en racimos bien separados :las hojas secas del poleo se emplean para hacer infusiones .2 Infusión que se prepara con hojas de esta planta y que tiene propiedades digestivas .3 Viento frío y fuerte .
pole position
pole position nombre femenino dep Primera posición que ocupa un piloto en la parrilla de salida en una carrera automovilística o de motos :el piloto de fórmula 1 consiguió su décima pole position, después de haber rebajado en casi medio segundo el récord absoluto que él mismo poseía .También simplemente pole .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘pol posishon ’.
polera
polera nombre femenino 1 RPlata coloquial Prenda de vestir que cubre desde el cuello hasta la cintura, con cuello alto y mangas largas .2 Bol, Chile, Perú Prenda de ropa interior o deportiva, ligera, de punto, de hechura recta, sin cuello y con escote de distinto tipo, de manga larga, corta o sin mangas, que cubre el cuerpo hasta la cadera o medio muslo .SINÓNIMO camiseta .3 Perú Conjunto deportivo de chaqueta o sudadera y pantalón largo a juego; suele ponerse sobre otras prendas deportivas cortas .SINÓNIMO chándal, jogging, pants .
polerón
polerón nombre masculino Chile Conjunto deportivo de chaqueta o sudadera y pantalón largo a juego; suele ponerse sobre otras prendas deportivas cortas .SINÓNIMO chándal, jogging, pants .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Pole
Pole /poʊl /名詞 C ポーランド (Poland )人 (→Polish ); 〖the ～s 〗ポーランド国民 .
pole
pole 1 /poʊl / (! pollと同音 ) 〖語源は 「杭 （くい ）」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C (木 金属などの )棒 , 柱 , さお ; 電柱 (telegraph [telephone ] pole ); 旗ざお (flag pole ); (スキーの )ストック (ski pole ); (棒高跳びの )ポール ▸ tent poles for easy assembly 組み立てが簡単なテントの支柱 h à ve [t à ke ] the p ó le ｟米 ｠(競馬 競争などで )走路の内側を走る ; ｟比喩的に ｠有利な地歩にある [を占める ].under b à re p ó les 1 〘海 〙(強風のため )帆を張らずに, 帆をたたんで .2 いよいよ困窮して .ù p the [a ] p ó le ｟英 くだけて ｠気が変になって ; 困って ; 誤って, 酔っ払って .動詞 他動詞 1 〈舟 いかだ 〉をさおで進める .2 〘野球 〙〈ホームランなど 〉を打つ .3 …に支柱をたてて補強する .自動詞 1 (舟 いかだに乗って )さおを突いて進む ; (スキーで )ストックを使ってスピードを上げる .2 ｟豪 ｠ «…に » たかる , «…を » ただでせしめる «on » .～́ d à nce [d à ncing ]ポールダンス 〘ストリップバーなどで女性が垂直の棒に巻きついて踊る見世物 〙.～́ d à ncer ポールダンスの踊り手 .～́ j ù mp ＝pole-vault .
pole
pole 2 /poʊl /〖語源は 「(回転 )軸 」〗(形 )polar 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (地球 天体の )極 ; 極地 ▸ the North [South ] Pole 北 [南 ]極 ▸ from pole to pole 北極から南極まで, 世界中 (いたるところ )で .2 〘天 〙(天球の )極 (celestial pole ).3 (考え方 性質などが )正反対の人 [物 ], 両極端 ▸ The two students are poles apart in opinion .その2人の学生は意見が正反対だ .4 〘物理 電 〙極 , 磁極 , 電極 ▸ the magnetic poles 磁極 〘N極とS極 〙▸ the positive [negative ] pole (電池の )陽極 〘＋〙[陰極 〘－〙].～́ pos ì tion 1 〘カーレース 〙ポールポジション 〘最前列の最も内側の位置 〙.2 ｟比喩的に ｠有利な位置 .
poleax
p ó le à x ｟英 ｠-à xe 名詞 C 〘史 〙戦斧 （せんぷ ）; 屠殺 （とさつ ）用のおの .動詞 他動詞 …を (戦闘用おので )殺す [なぐり倒す ]; …をひどく驚かせる .
polecat
p ó le c à t 名詞 C 1 〘動 〙ケナガイタチ 〘ヨーロッパ産; 悪臭を持つ 〙.2 ｟米 くだけて ｠＝skunk .
polemic
po lem ic /pəlémɪk /名詞 1 C ｟かたく ｠論争, 論戦 .2 〖～s; 単数扱い 〗論争術 ; 〘神学 〙論争法 .3 ＝polemicist .形容詞 ＝polemical .
polemical
po lem i cal /pəlémɪk (ə )l /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠論争の ; 論争を引き起こす ; 論争的な ; 論争好きの .～ly 副詞
polemicist
po lem i cist po lem ist /pəlémɪsɪst //pɑ́ləməst /名詞 C 論客, 議論家, 論争好きな人 .
polestar
pole star /póʊlstɑ̀ː r /名詞 1 〖しばしばP -; the ～〗北極星 (Polaris, North Star ).2 C 指導原理 ; 指標, 目標 ; 注目の的 .
pole-vault
p ó le-v à ult 動詞 自動詞 棒高跳びをする .
pole-vaulter
p ó le-v à ult er 名詞 C 棒高跳びの選手 .
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