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poll

1  [pohl]
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–noun
1. a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
2. Usually, polls. the place where votes are taken.
3. the registering of votes, as at an election.
4. the voting at an election.
5. the number of votes cast.
6. the numerical result of the voting.
7. an enumeration or a list of individuals, as for purposes of taxing or voting.
8. poll tax.
9. a person or individual in a number or list.
10. the head, esp. the part of it on which the hair grows.
11. the back of the head.
12. the rear portion of the head of a horse; the nape.
13. the part of the head between the ears of certain animals, as the horse and cow.
14. the broad end or face of a hammer.
–verb (used with object)
15. to take a sampling of the attitudes or opinions of.
16. to receive at the polls, as votes.
17. to enroll (someone) in a list or register, as for purposes of taxing or voting.
18. to take or register the votes of (persons).
19. to deposit or cast at the polls, as a vote.
20. to bring to the polls, as voters.
21. to cut short or cut off the hair, wool, etc., of (an animal); crop; clip; shear.
22. to cut short or cut off (hair, wool, etc.).
23. to cut off the top of (a tree); pollard.
24. to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle).
–verb (used without object)
25. to vote at the polls; give one's vote.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME polle (hair of the) head < MLG: hair of the head, top of a tree or other plant; akin to Dan puld, Sw pull crown of the head

Related forms:
poll⋅a⋅ble, adjective
poller, noun
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poll   (pōl)   
n.  
  1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.
  2. The number of votes cast or recorded.
  3. The place where votes are cast and registered. Often used in the plural with the.
  4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.
  5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.
  6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax.
v.   polled, poll·ing, polls

v.   tr.
  1. To receive (a given number of votes).
  2. To receive or record the votes of: polling a jury.
  3. To cast (a vote or ballot).
  4. To question in a survey; canvass.
  5. To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.
  6. To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of: polled the sheep; polled the trees.
v.   intr.
To vote at the polls in an election.

[Middle English pol, head, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.]
poll'er n.
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Poller

Poll"er\, n. [From Poll] One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Baex>. (d) One who registplws votplws, or one who enters his name as a voter.
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