polling

To take, record the votes of (an electorate).

To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).

To vote at an election.

To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.

“He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.”

To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.

“to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass”

To cut the hair of (a creature).

To remove the horns of (an animal).

To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.

“to poll a tree”

(communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).

“The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.”

(with adverb) To be judged in a poll.

To extort from; to plunder; to strip.

To impose a tax upon.

To pay as one's personal tax.

To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.

To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.

“a polled deed”

The action of taking a poll.

A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.

The process of voting in an election.