Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pole | Yes | No | Yes | No |
perch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pole (noun) | perch (noun) |
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a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic | spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes |
one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes |
a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting | support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) |
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | any of numerous fishes of America and Europe |
one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions | an elevated place serving as a seat |
one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface | a linear measure of 16.5 feet |
one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere | a square rod of land |
a linear measure of 16.5 feet | |
a square rod of land |
pole (verb) | perch (verb) |
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deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole | sit, as on a branch |
propel with a pole | cause to perch or sit |
support on poles | to come to rest, settle |