The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs, The methods or tactics involved in managing a state or government, Political attitudes and positions

The casting and registering of votes in an election, A place where votes are cast and registered, The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax, intransitive verb_ To receive (a given number of votes), To cast (a vote or ballot), To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip, transitive verb_ To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off, To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear, to call upon each member of the jury to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been rendered

Plural form of poll, the place where people vote, politics, government A place where votes are cast in elections, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of poll

The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity, undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities, the state of being polluted

A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal, A Spanish gipsy dance which originated in Andalusia, and closely resembles certain Eastern dances in its wild contortions of the body, A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates

Polyester, An element in many compounds of Greek origin or formation, meaning ?many? or ?much.?, A polyamorous person, adjective_ Made of polyethylene (polythene), polyamorous

Any of numerous synthetic polymers produced chiefly by reaction of dicarboxylic acids with dihydric alcohols and used primarily as light, strong, weather-resistant resins in boat hulls, textile fibers, adhesives, and molded parts, Any polymer whose monomers are linked together by ester bonds, A material or fabric made from polyester polymer, adjective_ Of, or consisting of polyesters

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units, each a relatively light and simple molecule, a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers, In chem., a compound which is polymeric with some other compound; a polymeride

Having a multiplicity of sounds, music having two or more independent but harmonic melodies; contrapuntal, of or relating to or characterized by polyphony

A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake, a small lake, A still body of water smaller than a lake, intransitive verb_ To form ponds or large puddles, To cause to form ponds or large puddles, transitive verb_ To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming, obsolete To ponder, verb_ To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam, obsolete To ponder