# polled

Pronunciation: say "POHLD" US /poʊld/, UK /pəʊld/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of poll. — simple past and past participle of poll
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of poll. Use this form for asking or counting that already happened.
   - _The agency polled two thousand adults about the proposed law._
   - _Most residents were polled about the location of the new park._

## Adjective

2. Without horns; describing livestock that would normally grow horns but have been bred hornless or had their horns removed.
   - Simple: Having no horns, because the animal was bred that way or had its horns removed.
   - _Ranchers increasingly prefer polled breeds, which spare them the labor of dehorning._
   - _A polled heifer can carry the gene that keeps her offspring hornless._
3. Cut back at the top; describing a tree whose upper branches and crown have been removed.
   - Simple: Having the top cut off, said of a tree.
   - _The polled oak put out a thick crown of fresh growth each spring._
   - _Gardeners kept the limes polled to control their height near the houses._
4. Closely cropped or bald; having the hair cut very short or shaved off.
   - Simple: Having very short hair or no hair at all.
   - _The monk's polled scalp marked his place within the order._
   - _She kept her hair polled close to the skin all summer._

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