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Noun: polls  pówlz
  1. The place where people vote
Noun: poll  pówl
  1. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
    - opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass
     
  2. The top of the head
    - pate, crown, vertex
     
  3. The part of the head between the ears
     
  4. A tame parrot
    - poll parrot
     
  5. The counting of votes (as in an election)
Verb: poll  pówl
  1. Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
    - canvass, canvas
     
  2. Vote in an election at a polling station
     
  3. Get the votes of
     
  4. Convert into a pollard
    "poll trees"
    - pollard

Sounds like: poles, Poles

See also: pollard, pollster

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

Part of: cow, Equus caballus, horse, human head, moo-cow

Encyclopedia: Poll

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