pole
/poʊl/ verb C2- To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
He/she/it poles · Past poled · Past participle poled · -ing form poling
Verb forms
- Base form
- pole
- He/she/it
- poles
- Past
- poled
- Past participle
- poled
- -ing form
- poling
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This entertaining sight brought the people in crowds to laugh at it, till the Ass, not liking the noise nor the strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river.
There was a great cornfield beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ripe corn.
On the feet were some old boots with blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck up its back.
Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.
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