1. Noun
A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
2. Noun
One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.
3. Noun
The head; the back part of the head.
4. Noun
A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.
5. Noun
Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.
6. Noun
The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.
7. Noun
The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.
8. Noun
The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
9. Noun
The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).
10. Verb
To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree.
11. Verb
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass.
12. Verb
To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
13. Verb
To impose a tax upon.
14. Verb
To pay as one's personal tax.
15. Verb
To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
16. Verb
To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
17. Verb
To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll.
18. Verb
To vote at an election.
19. Noun
an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
20. Noun
the counting of votes (as in an election)
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics
21. Noun
a tame parrot
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
22. Verb
vote in an election at a polling station
Vocabulary classified under Politics and government
23. Verb
get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Vocabulary classified under Research methods
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