NOUN
  • Definition - A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
  • Definition - A formal election.
  • Example - The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
  • Definition - A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
  • Example - The polls close at 8 p.m.
  • Definition - (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
  • Example - The polls close at 8 p.m.
  • Synonyms - scalp
  • Definition - (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
  • Example - The polls close at 8 p.m.
  • Definition - The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
  • Example - The polls close at 8 p.m.
  • Definition - The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
  • Example - The polls close at 8 p.m.
VERB
  • Definition - To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
  • Example - The polls close at 8 p.m.
  • Definition - To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
  • Example - The polls close at 8 p.m.
  • Definition - To vote at an election.
  • Example - The polls close at 8 p.m.
  • Definition - To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
  • Example - He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
  • Definition - To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
  • Example - to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass
  • Definition - To cut the hair of (a creature).
  • Example - to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass
  • Definition - To remove the horns of (an animal).
  • Example - to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass
  • Definition - To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
  • Example - to poll a tree
  • Definition - (communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
  • Example - The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
  • Definition - (with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
  • Example - The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
  • Definition - To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
  • Example - The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
  • Definition - To impose a tax upon.
  • Example - The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
  • Definition - To pay as one's personal tax.
  • Example - The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
  • Definition - To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
  • Example - The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
  • Definition - To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.
  • Example - a polled deed
NOUN
  • Definition - A pet parrot.
  • Example - a polled deed
NOUN
  • Definition - (Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.
  • Example - a polled deed
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
polls 7
4 Letter Words
lops 6 poll 6 pols 6 slop 6
3 Letter Words
lop 5 ops 5 pol 5 pos 5 sop 5 sol 3
2 Letter Words
op 4 po 4 lo 2 os 2 so 2
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