Definition

noun

A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
A formal election.
“The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.”
A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
“The polls close at 8 p.m.”
(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

verb

To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
To vote at an election.
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.”
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
“to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass”

noun