Definitions
1.nounA survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
2.nounA formal election."The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria."
3.nounA polling place (usually as plural, polling places)"The polls close at 8 p.m."
4.noun(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
5.noun(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
6.nounThe broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
7.nounThe pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
8.verbTo take, record the votes of (an electorate).
9.verbTo solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
10.verbTo vote at an election.
11.verbTo register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters."He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent."
12.verbTo cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop."to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass"
13.verbTo cut the hair of (a creature).
14.verbTo remove the horns of (an animal).
15.verbTo remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop."to poll a tree"
16.verb(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."
17.verb(with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
18.verbTo extort from; to plunder; to strip.
19.verbTo impose a tax upon.
20.verbTo pay as one's personal tax.
21.verbTo enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
22.verbTo cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation."a polled deed"
23.adjective(of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless."Poll Hereford"