poll

/pɔl//pɔʊl//poʊl/

noun

1
A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
2
A formal election.
“The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.”
3
A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
“The polls close at 8 p.m.”
4
(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
5
(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
6
The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
7
The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.

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
(communication) 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
(with adverb) 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”

1
(of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.
“Poll Hereford”

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

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