poll

The English word “poll” has 26 meanings listed here.

A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
To vote at an election.
To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
To cut the hair of (a creature).
To remove the horns of (an animal).
To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
To be judged in a poll.
To extort from; to plunder; to strip. Especially in conjunction with pill for emphasis.
To impose a tax upon.
To pay as one's personal tax.
To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation
Bred without horns, and thus hornless.
A pet parrot.
One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

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