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pole-vault

pole-vault verb: to perform a pole vault.

Verb

pole-vault (third-person singular simple present pole-vaults, present participle pole-vaulting, simple past and past participle pole-vaulted)

  1. (intransitive) To perform a pole vault
  2. (transitive) To vault over something using a pole vault

Forms of pole-vault

third-person singular presentpole-vaults
present participlepole-vaulting
past participlepole-vaulted
pastpole-vaulted

Words formed from pole-vault

Questions about pole-vault

What does pole-vault mean?
Pole-vault means to perform a pole vault.
What part of speech is pole-vault?
Pole-vault is a verb.
What is the past tense of pole-vault?
The past tense of pole-vault is pole-vaulted.

Words near pole-vault in the dictionary

  1. pole-stop
  2. pole-stops
  3. pole-strap
  4. pole-straps
  5. pole-timber
  6. pole-vault
  7. pole-vaulted
  8. pole-vaulter
  9. pole-vaulters
  10. pole-vaulting
  11. pole-vaults

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