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A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.

A formal election.

Example: The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.

A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)

Example: The polls close at 8 p.m.

(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.

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.

Example: He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.

(of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

Example: Poll Hereford

A pet parrot.

(Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.