an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
2.
a hollow place in a solid body or mass; a cavity: a hole in the ground.
3.
the excavated habitation of an animal; burrow.
4.
a small, dingy, or shabby place: I couldn't live in a hole like that.
5.
a place of solitary confinement; dungeon.
6.
an embarrassing position or predicament: to find oneself in a hole.
7.
a cove or small harbor.
8.
a fault or flaw: They found serious holes in his reasoning.
9.
a deep, still place in a stream: a swimming hole.
10.
Sports.
a.
a small cavity, into which a marble, ball, or the like is to be played.
b.
a score made by so playing.
11.
Golf.
a.
the circular opening in a green into which the ball is to be played.
b.
a part of a golf course from a tee to the hole corresponding to it, including fairway, rough, and hazards.
c.
the number of strokes taken to hit the ball from a tee into the hole corresponding to it.
12.
Informal. opening; slot: The radio program was scheduled for the p.m. hole. We need an experienced person to fill a hole in our accounting department.
13.
Metalworking. (in wire drawing) one reduction of a section.
14.
Electronics. a mobile vacancy in the electronic structure of a semiconductor that acts as a positive charge carrier and has equivalent mass.
15.
Aeronautics. an air pocket that causes a plane or other aircraft to drop suddenly.
–verb (used with object)
16.
to make a hole or holes in.
17.
to put or drive into a hole.
18.
Golf. to hit the ball into (a hole).
19.
to bore (a tunnel, passage, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
20.
to make a hole or holes.
—Verb phrases
21.
hole out, Golf. to strike the ball into a hole: He holed out in five, one over par.
22.
hole up,
a.
to go into a hole; retire for the winter, as a hibernating animal.
b.
to hide, as from pursuers, the police, etc.: The police think the bank robbers are holed up in Chicago.
—Idioms
23.
burn a hole in one's pocket, to urge one to spend money quickly: His inheritance was burning a hole in his pocket.
24.
hole in the wall, a small or confining place, esp. one that is dingy, shabby, or out-of-the-way: Their first shop was a real hole in the wall.
25.
in a or the hole,
a.
in debt; in straitened circumstances: After Christmas I am always in the hole for at least a month.
b.
Baseball,Softball. pitching or batting with the count of balls or balls and strikes to one's disadvantage, esp. batting with a count of two strikes and one ball or none.
c.
Stud Poker. being the card or one of the cards dealt face down in the first round: a king in the hole.
26.
make a hole in, to take a large part of: A large bill from the dentist made a hole in her savings.
27.
pick a hole or holes in, to find a fault or flaw in: As soon as I presented my argument, he began to pick holes in it.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE hol hole, cave, orig. neut. of hol (adj.) hollow; c. G hohl hollow]
—Related forms
holeless, adjective
holey, adjective
—Synonyms 1, 2. pit, hollow, concavity. Hole,cavity,excavation refer to a hollow place in anything. Hole is the common word for this idea: a hole in turf. Cavity is a more formal or scientific term for a hollow within the body or in a substance, whether with or without a passage outward: a cavity in a tooth; the cranial cavity. An excavation is an extended hole made by digging out or removing material: an excavation before the construction of a building. 3. den, cave; lair, retreat. 4. hovel, shack.
A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit: dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.
An opening or perforation: a hole in the clouds; had a hole in the elbow of my sweater.
Sports An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.
A fault or flaw: There are holes in your argument.
The small pit lined with a cup into which a golf ball must be hit.
One of the divisions of a golf course, from tee to cup.
A deep place in a body of water.
An animal's hollowed-out habitation, such as a burrow.
An ugly, squalid, or depressing dwelling.
A deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon.
An awkward situation; a predicament.
Sports
The small pit lined with a cup into which a golf ball must be hit.
One of the divisions of a golf course, from tee to cup.
Physics A vacant position in a crystal left by the absence of an electron, especially a position in a semiconductor that acts as a carrier of positive electric charge. Also called electron hole.
v.
holed, hol·ing, holes
v.
tr.
To put a hole in.
To put or propel into a hole.
v.
intr.
To make a hole in something.
Phrasal Verbs:
hole outSports
To hit a golf ball into the hole.
hole up
To hibernate in or as if in a hole.
Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout.
Phrasal Verb(s): hole out Sports
To hit a golf ball into the hole.
hole up
To hibernate in or as if in a hole.
Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout.
Idiom(s):
in the hole
Having a score below zero.
In debt.
At a disadvantage.
[Middle English, from Old English hol; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
O.E. hol "orifice, hollow place," from P.Gmc. *khulaz (cf. O.Fris., O.H.G. hol, M.Du. hool, O.N. holr, Ger. hohl "hollow," Goth. us-hulon "to hollow out"), from PIE base *kel- (see cell). As a contemptuous word for "small dingy lodging or abode" it is attested from 1616. Meaning "a fix, scrape, mess" is from 1760. Obscene slang use for "vulva" is implied from 1340. Hole in the wall "small and unpretentious place" is from 1822; to hole up first recorded 1875. To need (something) like a hole in the head, applied to something useless, first recorded 1951, ptobably a transl. of a Yiddish expression, cf. ich darf es vi a loch in kop.
an opening or gap in or through something Example: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks
Arabic:
ثَقْب
Chinese (Simplified):
破洞
Chinese (Traditional):
破洞
Czech:
díra
Danish:
hul
Dutch:
gat
Estonian:
auk
Finnish:
reikä
French:
trou
German:
das Loch
Greek:
τρύπα
Hungarian:
lyuk
Icelandic:
hola, gat
Indonesian:
lubang
Italian:
buco
Japanese:
穴
Korean:
터진 구멍, 갈라진 곳
Latvian:
caurums
Lithuanian:
skylė
Norwegian:
hull, sprekk
Polish:
dziura
Portuguese (Brazil):
buraco, furo
Portuguese (Portugal):
buraco
Romanian:
gaură
Russian:
дыра
Slovak:
diera
Slovenian:
luknja
Spanish:
agujero
Swedish:
hål
Turkish:
delik
hole2[həul]noun
a hollow in something solid Example: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.
Arabic:
جُحْر ، حُفْرَه
Chinese (Simplified):
洞
Chinese (Traditional):
洞
Czech:
díra
Danish:
hul
Dutch:
hol
Estonian:
auk, urg
Finnish:
reikä, kolo
French:
brèche; trou
German:
das Loch
Greek:
κοιλότητα, άνοιγμα
Hungarian:
lyuk, üreg
Icelandic:
(jarð)hola; greni
Indonesian:
lubang
Italian:
cavità, buco
Japanese:
穴
Korean:
구멍, 구덩이(고체 내부의 텅빈 공간)
Latvian:
caurums; bedre; ala
Lithuanian:
skylė, duobė, urvas
Norwegian:
hull
Polish:
dziura, jama
Portuguese (Brazil):
toca
Portuguese (Portugal):
buraco
Romanian:
gaură; vizuină
Russian:
дупло;нора
Slovak:
diera
Slovenian:
luknja
Spanish:
cavidad
Swedish:
hål, håla
Turkish:
delik, oyuk, çukur
hole3[həul]noun
(in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens Example: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.
Arabic:
حُفْرَة الغولف
Chinese (Simplified):
（高尔夫球）得分
Chinese (Traditional):
(高爾夫球)得分
Czech:
jamka
Danish:
hul
Dutch:
hole
Estonian:
auk
Finnish:
reikä
French:
trou
German:
das Loch, der Punkt
Greek:
τρύπα (στο γκολφ)
Hungarian:
lyuk (golfban)
Icelandic:
hola
Indonesian:
lubang
Italian:
buca
Japanese:
ホール
Korean:
?골프? 티에서 컵까지의 코스에 있는 홀 (구멍), 홀에 넣어서 얻은 득점
Lithuanian:
duobutė
Polish:
dołek
Portuguese (Brazil):
buraco
Portuguese (Portugal):
buraco
Romanian:
punct
Russian:
лунка; очко
Slovak:
jamka
Slovenian:
zadetek; luknja
Spanish:
hoyo
Swedish:
hål
Turkish:
top çukuru
hole1[həul]verb
to make a hole in Example: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.
Arabic:
يَثْقُب
Chinese (Simplified):
穿孔
Chinese (Traditional):
穿孔
Czech:
udělat díru, proděravět
Danish:
gennemhulle
Dutch:
een gat slaan in
Estonian:
(millessegi) auku tegema
Finnish:
tehdä reikä
French:
trouer
German:
durchlöchern
Greek:
τρυπώ
Hungarian:
(ki)lyukaszt
Icelandic:
gera gat á
Indonesian:
melubangi
Italian:
bucare; squarciare
Japanese:
穴をあける
Korean:
구멍을 뚫다
Latvian:
izsist caurumu; izrakt bedri
Lithuanian:
pramušti skylę (kur), prakiurdyti
Norwegian:
lage hull i, gjennomhulle
Polish:
podziurawić
Portuguese (Brazil):
esburacar
Portuguese (Portugal):
esburacar
Romanian:
a găuri
Russian:
продырявливать; пробивать
Slovak:
urobiť dieru
Slovenian:
preluknjati
Spanish:
agujerear
Swedish:
slå hål
Turkish:
delik açmak
hole2[həul]verb
to hit (a ball etc) into a hole Example: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.
holeAudio Help (hōl) Pronunciation Key
A gap, usually the valence band of an insulator or semiconductor, that would normally be filled with one electron. If an electron accelerated by a voltage moves into a gap, it leaves a gap behind it, and in this way the hole itself appears to move through the substance. Even though holes are in fact the absence of a negatively charged particle (an electron), they can be treated theoretically as positively charged particles, whose motion gives rise to electric current.
holeelectronics The absence of an electron in a semiconductor material. In the electron model, a hole can be thought of as an incomplete outer electron shell in a doping substance. Holes can also be thought of as positive charge carriers; while this is in a sense a fiction, it is a useful abstraction. (1995-10-06)
Hell\, n. [AS. hell; akin to D. hel, OHG. hella, G. h["o]lle, Icel. hal, Sw. helfvete, Dan. helvede, Goth. halja, and to AS. helan to conceal. ???. Cf. Hele, v. t., Conceal, Cell, Helmet, Hole, Occult.]1. The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. He descended into hell. --Book of Common Prayer. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. --Ps. xvi. 10. 2. The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish. "Within him hell." --Milton. It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. --Shak. 3. A place where outcast persons or things are gathered; as: (a) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention. (b) A gambling house. "A convenient little gambling hell for those who had grown reckless." --W. Black. (c) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type. --Hudibras. Gates of hell. (Script.) See Gate, n., 4.
Hole\, n. [OE. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a., hollow; akin to D. hol, OHG. hol, G. hohl, Dan. huul hollow, hul hole, Sw. h[*a]l, Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. See Hele, Hell, and cf. Hold of a ship.]1. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. The holes where eyes should be. --Shak. The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. --Tennyson. The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. --2 Kings xii. 9. 2. An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. --Dryden. The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. --Luke ix. 58. Syn: Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice; orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave; den; cell. Hole and corner, clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] "The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery." --Dickens. Hole board (Fancy Weaving), a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; -- called also compass board.
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