Definizione monolingua

poll

poll (third-person singular simple present polls, present participle polling, simple past and past participle polled)

1. (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
2. (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
3. (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
4. (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal).
5. (transitive, communication) To (repeatedly) ask status of other machine(s) in network.

   The network hub polled the departments computers to determine which ones could still respond.

poll (plural polls)

1. An election or a survey of a particular group.

   The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.

2. (usually as plural) A place voters cast ballots.

   The polls close at 8 p.m.

3. Hair
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     ...the doctor, as if to hear better, had taken off his powdered wig, and sat there, looking very strange indeed with his own close-cropped black poll.

4. The head, especially its top part.
   • 1908, O. Henry, A Tempered Wind

     And you might perceive the president and general manager, Mr. R. G. Atterbury, with his priceless polished poll, busy in the main office room dictating letters..

poll

1. (of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

   Poll Hereford

   Red Poll cows

   • 1757, The monthly review, or, literary journal, volume 17, page 416:

     Sheep, that is, the Horned sort, and those without Horns, called Poll Sheep [...]

   • 1960, Frank OLoghlen, Frank H. Johnston, Cattle country: an illustrated survey of the Australian beef cattle industry, a complete directory of the studs, page 85:

     About 15000 cattle, comprising 10000 Hereford and Poll Hereford, 4000 Aberdeen Angus and 1000 Shorthorn and Poll Shorthorn, are grazed [...]

   • 1970, The Pastoral review, volume 80, page 457:

     Otherwise, both horned and poll sheep continue to be bred from an inner stud.

Definizione dizionario poll

	scrutinio
	An election or a survey of a particular group

	votazione
	An election or a survey of a particular group

	raccogliere
	to solicit mock votes from (a person or group)

	sondaggio
	An election or a survey of a particular group

	sondaggio d'opinione
	An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.

	tagliare
	to remove the horns of (an animal)

elezione

inchiesta

raccogliere voti

seggio elettorale

votare

voto

Altri significati:

(UK, dated) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

The head, especially its top part.

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

Hair

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

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

(of livestock) bred without horns (when horned is normal for the breed).

place to vote

A pet parrot.

An election or a survey of a particular group.

(transitive, communication) To (repeatedly) ask status of other machine(s) in network.

(usually as plural) A place voters cast ballots.

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