poll

1. (transitive)To take, record the votes of (an electorate).

   get the votes of

2. (transitive)To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).

3. (intransitive)To vote at an election.

   vote in an election at a polling station

4. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.

   He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.

5. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.

   to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass

6. (transitive)To cut the hair of (a creature).

   1579-1603, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs.

7. (transitive)To remove the horns of (an animal).

8. To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.

   to poll a tree

9. (transitive)To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).

   The network hub polled the department’s computers to determine which ones could still respond.

10. (intransitive)To be judged in a poll.

11. To impose a tax upon.

12. To pay as one's personal tax.

1. Don't believe the polls.

   Не треба вірити опитуванням. — deniko

   deGlaub nicht, was die Umfragen sagen. — Roujin

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2. Let's take a quick poll.

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3. In the polls, both parties are on par.

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4. The dark horse candidate was losing in the polls before the primary.

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5. I don't trust polls.

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