Index of English words, starting with "po"

(1) - Poke (n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
(2) - Poke (n.) A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
(3) - Poke (n.) The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
(4) - Poke (v. i.) To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
(5) - Poke (v. t.) To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
(6) - Poke (v. t.) To thrust with the horns; to gore.
(7) - Poke (v. t.) To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
(8) - Poke (n.) A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
(9) - Poke (n.) A bag; a sack; a pocket.
(10) - Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.

(1) - Poker (n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
(2) - Poker (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
(3) - Poker (n.) The poachard.
(4) - Poker (n.) A poking-stick.
(5) - Poker (n.) That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
(6) - Poker (n.) One who pokes.