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Noun poll has 5 senses
- poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass - an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
--1 is a kind of inquiry, enquiry, research
--1 has particulars: exit poll; straw vote, straw poll
- pate, poll, crown - the top of the head
--2 is a kind of top, top side, upper side, upside
--2 is a part of human head
--2 has particulars: tonsure
- poll - the part of the head between the ears
--3 is a kind of top, top side, upper side, upside
--3 is a part of horse, Equus caballus; cow, moo-cow
- poll, poll parrot - a tame parrot
--4 is a kind of parrot
- poll - the counting of votes (as in an election)
--5 is a kind of count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
Verb poll has 4 senses
- poll, canvass, canvas - get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
--1 is one way to survey
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- poll - vote in an election at a polling station
--2 is one way to vote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- poll - get the votes of
--3 is one way to get, acquire
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- poll, pollard - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"
--4 is one way to snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
Sample sentence:
They poll the trees
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