vapa — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
vapa is used for these senses in English:
- fishing pole A pole used for fishing.
- fishing rod A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.
- pole (angling) A type of basic fishing rod.
- rod An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.
pole — full definition
- noun A long, slender piece of wood or metal used for support or construction.
- noun Either of the two points where the Earth's axis meets its surface, or a similar point on a magnet or field.
- noun A person from Poland.
- verb To push a boat forward using a pole.
rod — full definition
- noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
- noun A long, tapering pole used for fishing.
- noun An old unit of length equal to about 5.5 yards (roughly 5 meters), once used in surveying and land measurement.
- noun (slang) A handgun.