poll

A2
Pronunciation
/pɔl/
/pɔʊl/
/poʊl/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.

Synonyms
election survey
2 Definition

A formal election.

Example Sentences
  • The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
3 Definition

A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)

Example Sentences
  • The polls close at 8 p.m.
4 Definition

(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.

Synonyms
scalp
5 Definition

(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

6 Definition

The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.

7 Definition

The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.

Verb
15 definition(s)
1 Definition

To take, record the votes of (an electorate).

2 Definition

To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).

3 Definition

To vote at an election.

4 Definition

To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.

Example Sentences
  • He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
5 Definition

To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.

Example Sentences
  • to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass
6 Definition

To cut the hair of (a creature).

7 Definition

To remove the horns of (an animal).

8 Definition

To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.

Example Sentences
  • to poll a tree
9 Definition

(communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).

Example Sentences
  • The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
10 Definition

(with adverb) To be judged in a poll.

11 Definition

To extort from; to plunder; to strip.

12 Definition

To impose a tax upon.

13 Definition

To pay as one's personal tax.

14 Definition

To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.

15 Definition

To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.

Example Sentences
  • a polled deed
Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

Example Sentences
  • Poll Hereford