Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - poll
Poll
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a the process of voting at an election. b the counting of votes at an election. c the result of voting. d the number of votes recorded (a heavy poll). 2 = GALLUP POLL, opinion poll. 3 a a human head. b the part of this on which hair grows (flaxen poll). 4 a hornless animal, esp. one of a breed of hornless cattle. --v. 1 tr. a take the vote or votes of. b (in passive) have one's vote taken. c (of a candidate) receive (so many votes). d give (a vote). 2 tr. record the opinion of (a person or group) in an opinion poll. 3 intr. give one's vote. 4 tr. cut off the top of (a tree or plant), esp. make a pollard of. 5 tr. (esp. as polled adj.) cut the horns off (cattle). 6 tr. Computing check the status of (a computer system) at intervals. Phrases and idioms poll tax 1 hist. a tax levied on every adult. 2 = community charge. Derivatives pollee n. (in sense 2 of n.). pollster n. Etymology: ME, perh. f. LG or Du. 2. n. a tame parrot (Pretty poll!). Phrases and idioms poll parrot a user of conventional or clich{eacute}d phrases and arguments. Etymology: Poll, a conventional name for a parrot, alt. f. Moll, a familiar form of Mary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English pol, ~e, from Middle Low German Date: 14th century head, 2. the top or back of the head, nape, the broad or flat end of a striking tool (as a hammer), 4. a. the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons, a counting of votes cast, the place where votes are cast or recorded, the period of time during which votes may be cast at an election, the total number of votes recorded , 5. a questioning or canvassing of persons selected at random or by quota to obtain information or opinions to be analyzed, a record of the information so obtained, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cut off or cut short the hair or wool of ; crop, shear, to cut off or cut short (as wool), 2. to cut off or back the top of (as a tree), to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle), 3. to receive and record the votes of, to request each member of to declare a vote individually , to receive (as votes) in an election, to question or canvass in a ~, to test (as several computer terminals sharing a single line) in sequence for messages to be transmitted, intransitive verb to cast one's vote at a ~, ~ee noun ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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