1. The counting of votes (as in an election)
   "The final poll showed a clear winner in the mayoral race"
    
2. A vote to select the winner of a position or political office
   "the results of the poll will be announced tonight";
   - election
    
3. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
   "The opinion poll showed a shift in voter preferences leading up to the election"; "The public opinion poll showed strong support for the new policy";
   - opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass
    
4. A tame parrot
   "The poll parrot mimicked its owner's voice with surprising accuracy";
   - poll parrot [archaic]
    
5. A place where voters cast ballots
   "The polls close at 8 p.m."
    
6. The top of the head
   "The old man's bald poll gleamed in the sunlight";
   - pate, crown, vertex
    
7. The part of the head between the ears
   "The horse's poll was sensitive to touch"

1. Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
   "They polled voters about their preferred candidates";
   - canvass
    
2. Vote in an election at a polling station
   "Citizens polled at their local precincts throughout election day"
    
3. Get the votes of
   "The candidates polled the constituents to gauge their support"
    
4. Convert into a pollard
   "They polled the old willows";
   - pollard
    
5. Remove the horns of (an animal)
   "The farmer decided to poll the cattle for safety reasons"

Sounds like: plums, plumbse, pol

Derived forms: polling, polls, polled

Type of: acquire, clip, count, counting, crop, cut back, dress, enquiry [Brit, Cdn], enumeration, get, inquiry, lop, numeration, parrot, prune, reckoning, research, snip, survey, tally, top, top side, trim, upper side, upside, vote

Part of: cow, Equus caballus, horse, hoss [US, informal], human head, moo-cow [informal]

Encyclopedia: Poll, Juan