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POLL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Domain category:

election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)

Derivation:

poll (get the votes of)

poll (vote in an election at a polling station)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tame parrot

Synonyms:

poll; poll parrot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("poll" is a kind of...):

parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)

Sense 3

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:)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The top of the head

Synonyms:

crown; pate; poll

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)

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)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

Synonyms:

canvass; opinion poll; poll; public opinion poll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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)

Derivation:

poll (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)

pollster (someone who conducts surveys of public opinion)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert into a pollard

Example:

pollard trees

Synonyms:

poll; pollard

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

Derivation:

pollard (a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

Synonyms:

canvass; poll

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

Derivation:

poll (an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people)

Sense 3

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

Derivation:

poll (the counting of votes (as in an election))

Sense 4

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

Derivation:

poll (the counting of votes (as in an election))

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