Definitions
1.NounA survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
2.NounA formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice."The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria."
3.NounA polling place"The polls close at 8 p.m."
4.NounThe result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
5.NounThe head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
6.NounA mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
7.NounThe broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
8.NounThe pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
9.VerbTo take, record the votes of (an electorate).
10.VerbTo solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
11.VerbTo vote at an election.
12.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."
13.VerbTo cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop."to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass"
14.VerbTo cut the hair of (a creature).
15.VerbTo remove the horns of (an animal).
16.VerbTo remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop."to poll a tree"
17.VerbTo (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."
18.VerbTo be judged in a poll.
19.VerbTo extort from; to plunder; to strip. Especially in conjunction with pill for emphasis.
20.VerbTo impose a tax upon.
21.VerbTo pay as one's personal tax.
22.VerbTo enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
23.VerbTo cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation"a polled deed"
24.AdjectiveBred without horns, and thus hornless."Poll Hereford; Red Poll cows"
25.NounA pet parrot.
26.NounOne who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.