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