[{"word":"poling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work."},{"definition":"To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."},{"definition":"To furnish with poles for support.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to pole beans or hops"},{"definition":"To convey on poles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to pole hay into a barn"},{"definition":"To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To strike (the ball) very hard.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the poling of a boat"},{"definition":"The operation of dispersing wormcasts over the walks with poles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pole","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poling"]}]