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♦ pole (1) /pəʊl/n.1 palo ( anche di ferro); paletto: telephone poles, pali del telefono; a tent pole, un paletto da tenda5 ( sport: autom., ipp., ecc.) palo ( di partenza); ( anche, autom.) pole position: to be on pole, essere in pole position● pole dance, pole dance ( danza erotica o artistica intorno a un palo) □ ( sport: autom., anche fig.) pole position, pole position □ ( sci) pole shaft, asta della racchetta □ ( sci) pole tip, puntale ( della racchetta) □ pole trimmer, svettatoio a pertica □ ( sport) a pole-vault, un salto con l'asta □ ( sport) pole-vaulter, astista □ ( sport) pole-vaulting (o the pole vault o pole-jumping), salto con l'asta □ under bare poles, (naut.) con le vele ammainate; (fig.) nudo, spoglio □ ( slang) to be up the pole, essere sulla pista sbagliata, sbagliarsi; ( anche) essere pazzerello, tocco; essere incasinato (o nei guai); ( USA) essere sbronzo.♦ pole (2) /pəʊl/n.(geogr., astron., elettr., mecc.) polo ( anche fig.): the North Pole, il polo nord; magnetic pole, polo magnetico; polo della calamita; positive [negative] pole, polo positivo [negativo]● pole star, (astron.) stella polare; (fig.) polo, punto d'attrazione, calamita □ (fig.) to be poles apart, essere agli antipodi; essere ai poli opposti: He and his brother are poles apart, egli è l'opposto di suo fratello.(to) pole /pəʊl/A v. t.B v. i.
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Shaft — Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shaft alley — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shaft furnace — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pole — may refer to:Cylindrical object*A solid cylindrical object with length greater than its diameter e.g: **Barber s pole, advertising a barber shop **Danish pole, a circus prop **Firemen s pole, a wooden pole or a metal tube or pipe installed… … Wikipedia
shaft´like´ — shaft «shaft, shahft», noun, verb. –n. 1. a bar to support parts of a machine that turn, or to help move parts such as gears or pulleys, or to transmit power from one part of a machine to another, such as the drive shaft of an automobile. 2. a… … Useful english dictionary
pole — pole1 [pōl] n. [ME < OE pal < L palus, PALE2] 1. a long, slender piece of wood, metal, etc. usually rounded [a tent pole, flagpole, fishing pole] 2. a tapering wooden shaft extending from the front axle of a wagon or carriage and attached… … English World dictionary
pole — Ⅰ. pole [1] ► NOUN 1) a long, slender rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used as a support. 2) a wooden shaft at the front of a cart or carriage drawn by animals and attached to their yokes or collars. ► VERB ▪ propel (a boat) with a pole … English terms dictionary
pole — [n] bar, post beam, extremity, flagpole, flagstaff, leg, mast, pile, plank, rod, shaft, spar, staff, stake, standard, stave, stick, stilt, stud, terminus; concepts 440,470,475,479 … New thesaurus
Pole weapon — A selection of polearms, mostly halberds A pole weapon or polearm is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, thereby extending the user s effective range. Spears … Wikipedia
shaft — shaftless, adj. shaftlike, adj. /shaft, shahft/, n. 1. a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows. 2. something directed or barbed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. 3. a ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight.… … Universalium
pole — Synonyms and related words: China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, Maypole, N pole, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, S pole, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule, Yukon, acme … Moby Thesaurus
