POLL

Poll

The poll is a name of the part of an animal's head, alternatively referencing a point immediately behind or right between the ears. This area of the anatomy is of particular significance for the horse.

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poll

Noun

  1. An election or a survey of a particular group of people.
    The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
  2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of individuals, especially electors.
  3. A place where voters cast ballots.
    The polls close at 8 p.m.
  4. Hair
  5. The head, especially its top part.
  6. The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
  7. A fish, the pollard or European chub.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A pet parrot.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

Verb

  1. To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
  2. To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
  3. To vote at an election.
  4. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
    He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
  5. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
    to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass
  6. To cut the hair of (a creature).
  7. To remove the horns of (an animal).
  8. To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
    to poll a tree
  9. To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
    The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
  10. To be judged in a poll.
  11. To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
  12. To impose a tax upon.
  13. To pay as one's personal tax.
  14. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
  15. To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.
    a polled deed

Adjective

  1. Bred without horns, and thus hornless.
    Poll Hereford
    cows


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