[ pəʊl ]
■ noun
1》 the process of voting in an election.
↘a record of the number of votes cast in an election.
↘an opinion ~.
2》 dialect a person's head or scalp.
3》 a hornless animal, especially one of a breed of hornless cattle.
■ verb
1》 record the opinion or vote of.
↘(of a candidate in an election) receive a specified number of votes.
2》 cut the horns off (an animal, especially a young cow).
↘[as adjective ~ed ] (of a domestic animal) lacking horns.
↘ archaic cut off the top of (a tree or plant); ~ard.
3》 Telecommunications & Computing check the status of (a device), especially as part of a repeated cycle.
Derivatives
~ee pəʊ'li: noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'head', later 'number of people ascertained by counting of heads'): perh. of Low Ger. origin.