Definitions
1.verbTo take, record the votes of (an electorate).
2.verbTo solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
3.verbTo vote at an election.
4.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."
5.verbTo cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop."to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass"
6.verbTo cut the hair of (a creature).
7.verbTo remove the horns of (an animal).
8.verbTo remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop."to poll a tree"
9.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."
10.verb(with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
11.verbTo extort from; to plunder; to strip.
12.verbTo impose a tax upon.
13.verbTo pay as one's personal tax.
14.verbTo enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
15.verbTo cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation."a polled deed"
16.adjectiveLopped; said of trees having their tops cut off.
17.adjectiveCropped; bald."the polled bachelor"
18.adjectiveWithout horns; said of livestock that normally have horns, but which have been bred to be hornless, or which have been dehorned.