noun

1. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

2. A type of basic fishing rod.

3. A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.

Synonyms: rod

verb

1. To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

   “Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.”

2. To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

   “He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.”

3. To furnish with poles for support.

   “to pole beans or hops”