polled
Asked for opinions
Polled works as the past tense of poll—to survey opinions or count votes: We polled likely voters in swing states.
In agriculture, polled describes cattle or other livestock naturally lacking horns, or that have had their horns removed: polled Hereford cattle.
A polled tree has been cut back to the trunk to encourage new growth.
Had protrusions removed
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- bovineOf the cattle family
- angusScottish beef breed
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
heritable · dominant · recessive · breed · hornlessness · disbudding · livestock · dairy
Formal inquiry form
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- dataFacts for analysis
- feedbackReturned response data
- resultsWhat follows from effort
sample · demographics · statistics · analysis · census · canvass · pew · methodology
dehorned
Had protrusions removed
genetics · heritable · dominant · recessive · breed · hornlessness · disbudding · livestock · dairy · beef
questionnaire
Formal inquiry form
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- dataFacts for analysis
- feedbackReturned response data
results · sample · demographics · statistics · analysis · census · canvass · pew · methodology · margin of error
electorate
Eligible voting body
- ballotsVoting forms
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- registeredFormally recorded or enrolled
eligible · counted · tallied · returns · precincts · booths · absentee · early voting · mail-in · disenfranchised
pruned
Cut away excess growth
cut back · sheared · clipped · hedged · willows · trees · branches · crown · coppiced · headed
- Sheepewe, ram, lamb, merino, fleece
- Wool Farmingsheep farm, sheep ranch, wool production, shearing shed, woolshed
- Cattle Termsbulls, cows, heifers, steers, calves
- cattle traitshorned, black, red, spotted, brindle
- livestock termspurebred, crossbred, registered, grade, heifer
- cattlecow, moo, cows, bull, bulls
polledunsurveyed
Not officially measured
unsampled · unquestioned · ignored · overlooked · uncanvassed
- polling stationElection day venue
- opinion pollsSurveys measuring public views
- polling placesDesignated voting locations
- exit pollsSurveys taken after voting
- poll taxPer-person voting charge
- poll workerVoting site attendant
poll, polls, polling, pollster, opinion poll, polling place, straw poll, exit poll