Word Finder - polls

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

synonyms

• election
• survey

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A formal election.

example

The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.

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A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)

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The polls close at 8 p.m.

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

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• scalp

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

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

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The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.

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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.

example

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

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A pet parrot.

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