Hole Definition
hōl
holed, holes, holing
noun
holes
A hollow or hollowed-out place; cavity.
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A small, dingy, squalid place; any dirty, badly lighted room, house, etc.
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An opening in or through anything; break; gap.
A hole in the wall.
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An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.
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A tear or rent, or a place where fabric is worn away, as in a garment.
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Synonyms:
verb
holed, holes, holing
To make a hole or holes in.
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To put, hit, or drive into a hole.
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To create by making a hole.
To hole a tunnel through a mountain.
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idiom
in the hole
- Having a score below zero.
- In debt.
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burn a hole in someone's pocket
- to make someone eager to spend it
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hole high
- at a spot on or near the green that is as far as the hole is from where the ball was hit
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hole in one
- the act of getting the ball into the hole on the shot from the tee
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hole out
- to hit the ball into the hole
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hole
- in the hole
- burn a hole in someone's pocket
- hole high
- hole in one
- hole out
- hole up
- in the hole
- make a hole in
- pick holes in
- the hole
Origin of Hole
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Middle English from Old English hol kel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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