[{"word":"polling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To take, record the votes of (an electorate).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To vote at an election.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent."},{"definition":"To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass"},{"definition":"To cut the hair of (a creature).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To remove the horns of (an animal).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to poll a tree"},{"definition":"(communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond."},{"definition":"(with adverb) To be judged in a poll.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To extort from; to plunder; to strip.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To impose a tax upon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To pay as one's personal tax.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a polled deed"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The action of taking a poll.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The process of voting in an election.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poll","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polling"]}]