poll
poll / pōl/ • n. 1. (often the polls) the process of voting in an election: the country went to the polls on March 10. ∎ a record of the number of votes cast in an election. ∎ (the polls) the places where votes are cast in an election: the polls have only just closed. ∎ short for opinion poll.2. dial. a person's head. ∎ the part of the head on which hair grows; the scalp. • v. [tr.] 1. (often be polled) record the opinion or vote of: focus groups in which customers are polled about merchandise preferences. ∎ [intr.] (of a candidate in an election) receive a specified number of votes: the Green candidate polled 3.6 percent. ∎ Telecommunications & Comput. check the status of (a measuring device, part of a computer, or a node in a network), esp. as part of a repeated cycle.2. cut the horns off (an animal, esp. a young cow). ∎ archaic cut off the top of (a tree or plant), typically to encourage further growth; pollard.DERIVATIVES: poll·ee / pōˈlē/ n. (sense 1 of the verb ).