Pole
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. A type of basic fishing rod. A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting. A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards). Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object. A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south). A fixed point relative to other points or lines. A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. In the mathematical field of complex analysis, a pole of a meromorphic function is a certain type of singularity that behaves like the singularity
Example sentence: The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.
Terminal
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Fatal, resulting in death.Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object.Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.In electronics, the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.An electric contact on a battery.In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.In the context of computer hardware, a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
Example sentence: I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because it's not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.