poll

English

/pɔl/, /pəʊl/, /poʊl/, /pɒl/, /pɒl/

noun
Definitions
  • A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
  • A formal election.
  • A polling place (usually)
  • (now) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
  • (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
  • The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
  • The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pol derived from Middle Dutch pol derived from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (round object, head, top, stream, pool) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bew- (swell, blow, swelling, owl).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bew-

Gloss

swell, blow, swelling, owl

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

梟

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