pole

(noun): Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
(noun): A type of basic fishing rod.
(noun): A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
(noun): (spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
(noun): A unit of length, equal to a rod (1/4 chain or 5 1/2 yards).
(noun): Pole position.
(noun): A gun.
(noun): A penis
(verb): To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
(verb): To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
(verb): To furnish with poles for support.
(verb): To convey on poles.
(verb): To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
(verb): To strike (the ball) very hard.

Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.
He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.
to pole beans or hops
to pole hay into a barn