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Poll

pəʊl

Poll definitions
noun
poll polls
  1. the process of voting in an election

    "the country went to the polls on March 10"

    vote ballot show of hands straw vote/poll referendum plebiscite election
    • the number of votes cast in an election

      "the ruling party won 24 seats, narrowly topping the poll"

    • the places where votes are cast in an election

      "the polls have only just closed"

  2. a person's head
    • the part of the head on which hair grows; the scalp
  3. a hornless animal, especially one of a breed of hornless cattle
verb
poll polled polling polls
  1. record the opinion or vote of

    "over half of those polled do not believe the minister usually tells the truth"

    • (of a candidate in an election) receive a specified number of votes

      "the Green candidate polled 3.6 per cent"

  2. check the status of (a device), especially as part of a repeated cycle

    "the network manager can also use the software to poll each Mac on the net"

  3. cut the horns off (an animal, especially a young cow)
    • cut off the top of (a tree or plant), typically to encourage further growth; pollard

      "there were some beautiful willows, and now the idiot Parson has polled them into wretched stumps"