A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
A formal election. Example: The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) Example: The polls close at 8 p.m.
(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
To vote at an election.
To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters. Example: He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop. Example: to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass
To cut the hair of (a creature).
To remove the horns of (an animal).
To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop. Example: to poll a tree
(communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network). Example: The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
(with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
To impose a tax upon.
To pay as one's personal tax.
To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation. Example: a polled deed
(of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless. Example: Poll Hereford
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