I
n.
long, slender piece of wood, metal
1) to put up a pole
2) a breakaway; fishing; ski; tent; totem; trolley pole
3) a telegraph; telephone (AE); utility (AE) pole
II
n.
end of the earth's axis
1) the North; South Pole
2) a celestial; magnetic pole
terminal of a battery
3) a negative; positive pole
misc.
4) poles apart; or: at opposite poles ('diametrically opposed')