poll

  1. Noun.  An election or a survey of a particular group.
  2. Noun.  (usually, as plural) A place voters cast ballots.
  3. Noun.  Hair.
  4. Noun.  The head, especially its top part.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal).
  9. Verb.  (transitive, communication) To (repeatedly) ask status of other machine(s) in network.
  10. Verb.  (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
  11. Adjective.  (context, of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.
  12. Noun.  A pet parrot. .
  13. Noun.  (UK, dated) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

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