POLL
Dictionary entry overview: What does poll mean?
• POLL (noun)
The noun POLL has 5 senses:
1. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
2. the top of the head
3. the part of the head between the ears
4. a tame parrot
5. the counting of votes (as in an election)
Familiarity information: POLL used as a noun is common.
• POLL (verb)
The verb POLL has 4 senses:
1. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
2. vote in an election at a polling station
3. get the votes of
4. convert into a pollard
Familiarity information: POLL used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• POLL (noun)
Meaning:
An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
public opinion poll; poll; opinion poll; canvass
Hypernyms ("poll" is a kind of...):
enquiry; inquiry; research (a search for knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poll"):
exit poll (a poll of voters as they leave the voting place; usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an election)
straw poll; straw vote (an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue)
Meaning:
The top of the head
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
pate; poll; crown
Hypernyms ("poll" is a kind of...):
top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poll"):
tonsure (the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head)
Holonyms ("poll" is a part of...):
human head (the head of a human being)
Meaning:
The part of the head between the ears
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("poll" is a kind of...):
top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)
Holonyms ("poll" is a part of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
cow; moo-cow (female of domestic cattle:)
Meaning:
A tame parrot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
poll parrot; poll
Hypernyms ("poll" is a kind of...):
parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)
Meaning:
The counting of votes (as in an election)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("poll" is a kind of...):
count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting)
Domain category:
election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)
• POLL (verb)
Meaning:
Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
canvass; poll; canvas
Hypernyms (to "poll" is one way to...):
survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "poll"):
circularise; circularize (canvass by distributing letters)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Vote in an election at a polling station
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "poll" is one way to...):
vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Get the votes of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "poll" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Convert into a pollard
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pollard; poll
Context example:
pollard trees
Hypernyms (to "poll" is one way to...):
clip; crop; cut back; dress; lop; prune; snip; trim (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They poll the trees
