POLYCARP
First name POLYCARP's origin is Greek. POLYCARP means "much fruit". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with POLYCARP below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of polycarp.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with POLYCARP and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming POLYCARP
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES POLYCARP AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH POLYCARP (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (olycarp) - Names That Ends with olycarp:
Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (lycarp) - Names That Ends with lycarp:
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (ycarp) - Names That Ends with ycarp:
Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (carp) - Names That Ends with carp:
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (arp) - Names That Ends with arp:
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (rp) - Names That Ends with rp:
thorp winetorp winthorpNAMES RHYMING WITH POLYCARP (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (polycar) - Names That Begins with polycar:
Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (polyca) - Names That Begins with polyca:
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (polyc) - Names That Begins with polyc:
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (poly) - Names That Begins with poly:
polydamas polydeuces polydorus polyeidus polyhymnia polymestor polynices polyphemus polyxenaRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (pol) - Names That Begins with pol:
pol polak poldi polikwaptiwa polites poll pollock pollux polly polomaRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (po) - Names That Begins with po:
podarge pomeroy pommelraie pommeraie ponce poni pontus poppy porfirio porfiro porrex porsche porter porteur portia portier posala poseidon poston poul powaqa powell powwawNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH POLYCARP:
First Names which starts with 'pol' and ends with 'arp':
First Names which starts with 'po' and ends with 'rp':
First Names which starts with 'p' and ends with 'p':
philip phillipEnglish Words Rhyming POLYCARP
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES POLYCARP AS A WHOLE:
polycarpellary | adjective (a.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange. |
polycarpic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Polycarpous |
polycarpous | adjective (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year. |
adjective (a.) Having several pistils in one flower. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH POLYCARP (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (olycarp) - English Words That Ends with olycarp:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (lycarp) - English Words That Ends with lycarp:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (ycarp) - English Words That Ends with ycarp:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (carp) - English Words That Ends with carp:
ascocarp | noun (n.) In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit. |
carp | noun (n.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. |
verb (v. i.) To talk; to speak; to prattle. | |
verb (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. | |
verb (v. t.) To say; to tell. | |
verb (v. t.) To find fault with; to censure. | |
(pl. ) of Carp |
cremocarp | noun (n.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis. |
cystocarp | noun (n.) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores. |
endocarp | noun (n.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary. |
escarp | noun (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp. |
verb (v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. |
exocarp | noun (n.) The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe. |
hemicarp | noun (n.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves. |
hypocarp | noun (n.) Alt. of Hypocarpium |
lithocarp | noun (n.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite. |
mericarp | noun (n.) One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp. |
mesocarp | noun (n.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers. |
monocarp | noun (n.) A monocarpic plant. |
pericarp | noun (n.) The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume. |
phylactocarp | noun (n.) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae. |
pleurocarp | noun (n.) Any pleurocarpic moss. |
podocarp | noun (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit. |
pseudocarp | noun (n.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig. |
regmacarp | noun (n.) Any dry dehiscent fruit. |
sarcocarp | noun (n.) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp. |
scarp | noun (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter. |
noun (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. | |
noun (n.) A steep descent or declivity. | |
verb (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. |
schizocarp | noun (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions. |
sporocarp | noun (n.) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. |
noun (n.) A sporangium. |
syncarp | noun (n.) A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (arp) - English Words That Ends with arp:
autoharp | noun (n.) A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord. |
harp | noun (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers. |
noun (n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. | |
noun (n.) A grain sieve. | |
noun (n.) To play on the harp. | |
noun (n.) To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. | |
verb (v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon. |
moldwarp | noun (n.) Alt. of Mouldwarp |
mouldwarp | noun (n.) See Mole the animal. |
molewarp | noun (n.) See Moldwarp. |
sharp | noun (n.) A sharp tool or weapon. |
noun (n.) The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch. | |
noun (n.) A sharp tone or note. | |
noun (n.) A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. | |
noun (n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps. | |
noun (n.) Same as Middlings, 1. | |
noun (n.) An expert. | |
superlative (superl.) Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen. | |
superlative (superl.) Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features. | |
superlative (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash. | |
superlative (superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone. | |
superlative (superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C. | |
superlative (superl.) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat. | |
superlative (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. | |
superlative (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke. | |
superlative (superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment. | |
superlative (superl.) Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite. | |
superlative (superl.) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. | |
superlative (superl.) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer. | |
superlative (superl.) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand. | |
superlative (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve. | |
superlative (superl.) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated. | |
adverb (adv.) To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply. | |
adverb (adv.) Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp. | |
verb (v. t.) To sharpen. | |
verb (v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone. | |
verb (v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. | |
verb (v. i.) To sing above the proper pitch. |
trawlwarp | noun (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet. |
wharp | noun (n.) A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH POLYCARP (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (polycar) - Words That Begins with polycar:
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (polyca) - Words That Begins with polyca:
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (polyc) - Words That Begins with polyc:
polychaeta | noun (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia. |
polychloride | noun (n.) A chloride containing more than one atom of chlorine in the molecule. |
polychoerany | noun (n.) A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules. |
polychord | noun (n.) A musical instrument of ten strings. |
noun (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument. | |
adjective (a.) Having many strings. |
polychrest | noun (n.) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases. |
polychroism | noun (n.) Same as Pleochroism. |
polychroite | noun (n.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin. |
polychromate | noun (n.) A salt of a polychromic acid. |
noun (n.) A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence. |
polychromatic | adjective (a.) Showing a variety, or a change, of colors. |
polychrome | noun (n.) Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions. |
adjective (a.) Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing. |
polychromic | adjective (a.) Polychromatic. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (known only in their salts) which contain more than one atom of chromium. |
polychromous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic. |
polychromy | noun (n.) The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way. |
polychronious | adjective (a.) Enduring through a long time; chronic. |
polyclinic | noun (n.) A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease. |
polyconic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones. |
polycotyledon | noun (n.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. |
polycotyledonary | adjective (a.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons. |
polycracy | noun (n.) Government by many rulers; polyarchy. |
polycrotic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism; as, a polycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve. |
polycrotism | noun (n.) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism. |
polycystid | noun (n.) One of the Polycystidea. |
noun (n.) One of the Polycystina. | |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina. |
polycystidea | noun (n. pl.) A division of Gregarinae including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body. |
polycystina | noun (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state. |
polycystine | noun (n.) One of the Polycystina. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystina. |
polycyttaria | noun (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria. It includes those having one more central capsules. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (poly) - Words That Begins with poly:
poly | noun (n.) A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus. |
polyacid | adjective (a.) Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases. |
polyacoustic | noun (n.) A polyacoustic instrument. |
adjective (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound. |
polyacoustics | noun (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds. |
polyacron | noun (n.) A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron. |
polyactinia | noun (n. pl.) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles. |
polyadelphia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments. |
polyadelphian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Polyadelphous |
polyadelphous | adjective (a.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles. |
polyandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle. |
polyandrian | adjective (a.) Polyandrous. |
polyandric | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males. |
polyandrous | adjective (a.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle. |
polyandry | noun (n.) The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry. |
polyanthus | noun (n.) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus. |
polyarchist | noun (n.) One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist. |
polyarchy | noun (n.) A government by many persons, of whatever order or class. |
polyatomic | adjective (a.) Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms. |
adjective (a.) Having a valence greater than one. |
polyautography | noun (n.) The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography. |
polybasic | adjective (a.) Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced by basic radicals; -- said of certain acids; as, sulphuric acid is polybasic. |
polybasite | noun (n.) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic. |
polybranchia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata including those which have numerous branchiae on the back. |
polybromide | noun (n.) A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule. |
polydactylism | noun (n.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits. |
polydipsia | noun (n.) Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease. |
polyedron | noun (n.) See Polyhedron. |
polyedrous | adjective (a.) See Polyhedral. |
polyeidic | adjective (a.) Passing through several distinct larval forms; -- having several distinct kinds of young. |
polyeidism | noun (n.) The quality or state of being polyeidic. |
polyembryonate | adjective (a.) Consisting of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic. |
polyembryonic | adjective (a.) Polyembryonate. |
polyembryony | noun (n.) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac. |
polyfoil | noun (n.) Same as Multifoil. |
polygala | noun (n.) A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort. |
polygalaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalaceae) of which Polygala is the type. |
polygalic | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin. |
polygamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. |
noun (n. pl.) A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers. |
polygamian | adjective (a.) Polygamous. |
polygamist | adjective (a.) One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness. |
polygamous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous. |
adjective (a.) Pairing with more than one female. | |
adjective (a.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. |
polygamy | noun (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry. |
noun (n.) The state or habit of having more than one mate. | |
noun (n.) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers. |
polygastrian | noun (n.) One of the Polygastrica. |
polygastric | noun (n.) One of the Polygastrica. |
adjective (a.) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons. | |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Polygastrica. |
polygastrica | noun (n. pl.) The Infusoria. |
polygenesis | noun (n.) Alt. of Polygeny |
polygeny | noun (n.) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis. |
polygenetic | adjective (a.) Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic. |
polygenic | adjective (a.) Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic. |
polygenism | noun (n.) The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
polygenist | noun (n.) One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (pol) - Words That Begins with pol:
polacca | noun (n.) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees. |
noun (n.) See Polonaise. |
polack | noun (n.) A Polander. |
polacre | noun (n.) Same as Polacca, 1. |
polander | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole. |
polar | noun (n.) The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed. | |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates. |
polarchy | noun (n.) See Polyarchy. |
polaric | adjective (a.) See Polar. |
polarimeter | noun (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray. |
polarimetry | noun (n.) The art or process of measuring the polarization of light. |
polaris | noun (n.) The polestar. See North star, under North. |
polariscope | noun (n.) An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties. |
polariscopic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations. |
polariscopy | noun (n.) The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope. |
polaristic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism. |
polarity | noun (n.) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc. |
noun (n.) A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n. |
polarizable | adjective (a.) Susceptible of polarization. |
polarization | noun (n.) The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity. |
noun (n.) A peculiar affection or condition of the rays of light or heat, in consequence of which they exhibit different properties in different directions. | |
noun (n.) An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell. |
polarizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Polarize |
polarizer | noun (n.) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal. |
polary | adjective (a.) Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole. |
polatouche | noun (n.) A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene. |
polder | noun (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments. |
poldway | noun (n.) A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks. |
pole | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander. |
noun (n.) 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. | |
noun (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch. | |
noun (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole. | |
noun (n.) 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. | |
noun (n.) 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. | |
noun (n.) The firmament; the sky. | |
noun (n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n. | |
verb (v. t.) To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops. | |
verb (v. t.) To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn. | |
verb (v. t.) To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat. | |
verb (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. |