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[ pol-erd ] / ˈpɒl ərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pollard ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches. an animal, as a stag, ox, or sheep, having no horns. verb (used with object)to convert into a pollard. Origin of pollardFirst recorded in 1515–25; poll1 + -ard OTHER WORDS FROM pollardun·pol·lard·ed, adjectiveWords nearby pollardpoll, pollack, Pollaiuolo, pollakiuria, pollan, pollard, pollbook, polled, pollee, pollen, pollen analysis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pollardWhen the prime minister was out of power, he visited Pollard in prison. Obama Admin Confirms: We May Free Israeli Spy to Save Peace Talks|Josh Rogin|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST If Netanyahu were to secure Pollard's release, it would mark the end of a near two-decade campaign for the Israeli prime minister. Obama Admin Confirms: We May Free Israeli Spy to Save Peace Talks|Josh Rogin|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST "We would like to see Pollard free in time for Passover [which starts on the evening of April 14]," he said. Israeli Spy Would Accept Release In Mideast Deal|Eli Lake|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Israeli press reported Tuesday that Pollard waived a parole hearing this week. Israeli Spy Would Accept Release In Mideast Deal|Eli Lake|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
James Woolsey, another former CIA director, has called for Pollard's release as have other former top U.S. officials. Obama Admin Confirms: We May Free Israeli Spy to Save Peace Talks|Josh Rogin|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Oh, well, those who have arrived at years of wisdom are not the ones Gleason favored, Pollard said. The Luminous Face|Carolyn Wells Do you know, said Pollard, quietly, it seems to me that we all look at this thing too close by. The Luminous Face|Carolyn Wells Mr. Pollard is quite a young man, full of enthusiasm, modest, and clever. An Australian in China|George Ernest Morrison Now for any other particular choise of these two séedes, they are the same which I shewed in the whole straw, and great Pollard. The English Husbandman|Gervase Markham It took her past those tenements familiarly called the Pollard cottages: in one of which lived troublesome Mrs. Bond. The Shadow of Ashlydyat|Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for pollard
nounan animal, such as a sheep or deer, that has either shed its horns or antlers or has had them removed a tree that has had its top cut off to encourage the formation of a crown of branches verb(tr) to convert into a pollard; poll Word Origin for pollardC16: hornless animal; see poll Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pollardtrim, shave, prune, shear, ream, pare, truncate, dock, shorten, crop, skim, decapitate, amputate, curtail, cream, mow, chop, hew, clip, reduce |