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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.

   propel with a pole

2. To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

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

3. (transitive)To furnish with poles for support.

   to pole beans or hops

   support on poles

4. (transitive)To convey on poles.

   to pole hay into a barn

5. (transitive)To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

   deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

6. (transitive)To strike (the ball) very hard.

7. (transitive)To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.

   to pole copper

8. (transitive)To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

1. The car hit a telephone pole.

   Автівка зіткнулась із телеграфним стовпом. — fagott

   ruАвтомобиль врезался в телефонный столб. — MikaM

   deDas Auto fuhr gegen einen Telegrafenmast. — xtofu80

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2. Tom almost hit a telephone pole.

   deTom wäre fast gegen einen Telefonmast gefahren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. I almost hit a telephone pole.

   ruЯ едва не врезался в телефонный столб. — soweli_Elepanto

   deIch wäre beinahe gegen einen Telefonmasten gefahren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. Where did you buy that fishing pole?

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5. What kind of fishing pole do you have?

   deWas für eine Angelrute hast du? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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