hole

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UK /həʊl/ US /hɐʉl/

noun 5verb 5adj 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

big, deep, gaping, great, huge, large, massive, yawning | small, tiny | circular, round

jagged, ragged

The old fence had a ragged hole where the wood had rotted away completely.

neat

bullet

The old wooden door had several bullet holes from the shooting incident last year.

mouse, rabbit, etc.

VERB + HOLE

bore, break, cut, dig, drill, make, punch, tear, wear

The construction workers drilled a hole through the concrete wall to install the new pipes.

fill (in), plug

After digging in the garden, we had to fill in several holes before the children played outside.

PREP

down a/the ~

The rabbit quickly ran down a hole to escape from the dog.

in a/the ~

The dog dug a deep hole in the garden and buried his favorite toy.

through a/the ~

The cat squeezed through a hole in the fence to escape into the garden.

~ in

The roof had a large hole in it where the storm damaged the tiles.

PHRASES

full of holes

My favorite sweater was full of holes after the cat got to it.

riddled with holes

The old wooden fence was riddled with holes from years of weathering and rot.

Definitions

noun

A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.

I made a blind hole in the wall for a peg. I dug a hole and planted a tree in it.

To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in't, are the holes where eyes should be, which pitifully disaster the cheeks.

An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.

There’s a hole in my shoe. Her stocking has a hole in it.

The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid.

In games.

I played 18 holes yesterday. The second hole today cost me three strokes over par.

In games.

The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.

verb

To make holes in (an object or surface).

Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.

To destroy.

She completely holed the argument.

To go into a hole.

Good master Picklock, with your worming brain, And wriggling engine-head of maintenance, Which I shall see you hole with very shortly! A fine round head, when those two lugs are off, To trundle through a pillory!

To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.

If the player holes the red ball, he scores three, and upon holing his adversary's ball, he gains two; and thus it frequently happens, that seven are got upon a single stroke, by caramboling and holing both balls.

Woods holed a standard three foot putt

To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.

to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars

adj

Obsolete spelling of whole.

Such was the arrangement of the alphabet over the hole North.

Misspelling of whole.

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Synonyms

noun — informal terms for the mouth

trap
cakehole
maw
yap
gob

noun — a depression hollowed out of solid matter

hollow

noun — informal terms for a difficult situation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

ace in the hole

Synonym of ace up one's sleeve.

Our ace in the hole left our opponents stupefied; it isn't every day that an NBA star plays street basketball.

hole in one

A hole that is completed by sinking the ball in a single shot or attempt, with one hit.

watering hole

A depression in which water collects and where animals come to drink.

burn a hole in someone's pocket

To cause someone to spend money or be tempted to spend money.

The fortune burned a hole in his pocket, and he could not resist spending several thousand francs on jewelry for Eveline; […]

dig out of a hole

To save someone or something from trouble.

The Blues, without new big-money signings Fernando Torres and David Luiz, relied on their old guard to dig them out of an early hole.

Example Bank

I made a blind hole in the wall for a peg. I dug a hole and planted a tree in it.

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To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in't, are the holes where eyes should be, which pitifully disaster the cheeks.

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Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an

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Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.

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She completely holed the argument.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, hole is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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