Used for Olympic vaulting

noun

1. A long slender usually cylindrical object (such as a length of wood)
2. A shaft which extends from the front axle of a wagon between wheelhorses and by which the wagon is drawn tongue
3. A long staff of wood, metal, or fiberglass used in the pole vault
4. A varying unit of length
5. A tree with a breast-high diameter of from 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 centimeters)
6. The inside front row position on the starting line for a race

verb

1. To act upon with a pole
2. To impel or push with a pole
3. To propel a boat with a pole
4. To use ski poles to gain speed

noun

1. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere and especially of the earth's axis
2. Either of two related opposites
3. A point of guidance or attraction
4. Either of the two terminals of an electric cell, battery, generator, or motor
5. One of two or more regions in a magnetized body at which the magnetic flux density is concentrated
6. Either of two morphologically or physiologically differentiated areas at opposite ends of an axis in an organism or cell see blastula
7. The fixed point in a system of polar coordinates that serves as the origin
8. The point of origin of two tangents to a conic section that determine a polar

noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Poland
2. A person of Polish descent

biographical name

1. Reginald 1500–1558 English cardinal; archbishop of Canterbury (1556–58)

noun

1. A cultivated bean that is usually trained to grow upright on supports

noun

1. Usually solo dancing performed while using a fixed vertical pole as a prop

noun

1. A vault with the aid of a pole

noun

1. The front position at the start of a car race

   "He won the pole position by having the fastest qualifying time."

noun

1. The point on the surface of an egg that is diametrically opposite to the vegetal pole and usually marks the most active part of the protoplasm or the part containing least yolk see blastula