Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
poll (
noun)
1.
- head
2.
a) the top or back of the head
b) - nape
3.
the broad or flat end of a striking tool (as a hammer)
4.
a) (1) the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons
(2) a counting of votes cast
b) the place where votes are cast or recorded - usually used in plural at the polls
c) the period of time during which votes may be cast at an election
d) the total number of votes recorded - a heavy poll
5.
a) a questioning or canvassing of persons selected at random or by quota to obtain information or opinions to be analyzed
b) a record of the information so obtained
(
verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to cut off or cut short the hair or wool of - crop shear
b) to cut off or cut short (as wool)
2.
a) to cut off or back the top of (as a tree) , specifically - pollard
b) to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle)
3.
a) to receive and record the votes of
b) to request each member of to declare a vote individually - poll the assembly
4.
to receive (as votes) in an election
5.
to question or canvass in a poll
6.
intransitive verb
to test (as several computer terminals sharing a single line) in sequence for messages to be transmitted to cast one's vote at a poll
