Poll

[pəʊl] or [pol]

Definition

(noun.) the counting of votes (as in an election).

(noun.) a tame parrot.

(noun.) the part of the head between the ears.

(noun.) an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.

(verb.) convert into a pollard; 'pollard trees'.

(verb.) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions.

(verb.) get the votes of.

(verb.) vote in an election at a polling station.

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Definition

(n.) A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

(n.) One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

(n.) The head; the back part of the head.

(n.) A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.

(n.) Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.

(n.) The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.

(n.) The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.

(n.) The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.

(n.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).

(v. t.) To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree.

(v. t.) To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass.

(v. t.) To extort from; to plunder; to strip.

(v. t.) To impose a tax upon.

(v. t.) To pay as one's personal tax.

(v. t.) To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.

(v. t.) To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.

(v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll.

(v. i.) To vote at an election.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Head.[2]. Person, individual.

n. [Colloquial.] Parrot.

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Definition

v.t. (Spens.) to exact from to plunder.

n. the round part of the head esp. the back of it: a register of heads or persons: the entry of the names of electors who vote for civil officers such as members of Parliament: an election of civil officers: the place where the votes are taken.—v.t. to remove the top: to cut: to clip: to lop as the branches of a tree: to enter one's name in a register: to bring to the poll as a voter: to give or to receive a vote.—v.i. to give a vote.—ns. Poll′archy government by the mob or masses; Poll′-book a register of voters; Poll′-clerk a clerk who assists at the polling of voters.—adj. Polled deprived of a poll: lopped: cropped hence bald: having cast the horns hence wanting horns.—ns. Poll′er one who polls; Poll′-man one who takes the ordinary university degree without honours; Poll′-tax a tax by the poll or head—i.e. on each person.—At the head of the poll having the greatest number of votes at an election.

n. a familiar name often of a parrot.

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