Poll
Word | POLL |
Character | 4 |
Hyphenation | poll |
Pronunciations | /pɔl/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Poll"
What do we mean by poll?
The casting and registering of votes in an election. noun
The number of votes cast or recorded. noun
The places where votes are cast and registered during an election, considered as a group. noun
A place where votes are cast and registered. noun
A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information. noun
The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows. noun
The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax. noun
To receive (a given number of votes). intransitive verb
To receive or record the votes of. intransitive verb
To cast (a vote or ballot). intransitive verb
To question in a survey; canvass. intransitive verb
To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip. intransitive verb
To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of. intransitive verb
To vote at the polls in an election. intransitive verb
A student at Cambridge University in England who merely takes a degree, but receives no honors; one who is not a candidate for honors. noun
To remove the top or head of; hence, to cut off the tops of; lop; clip; also, to cut off the hair of; also, to cut, as hair; shear; cut closely; mow; also, to remove the horns of, as cattle: as, to poll tares, hair, wool, or grass.
In law, to cut even without indenting, as a deed executed by one party. See deed poll, under deed.
To rob; plunder; despoil, as by excessive taxation.
To enumerate one by one; enroll in a list or register, as for the purpose of levying a polltax.
A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
A formal election.
A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
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