Main Entry: ²poll

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

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 : to test (as several computer terminals sharing a single line) in sequence for messages to be transmittedintransitive verb : to cast one's vote at a poll

— poll·ee \pō-ˈlē\ noun

— poll·er \ˈpō-lər\ noun