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Hole

Hole Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hole? [n] an opening deliberately made in or through something [n] one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes" [n] informal terms for the mouth [n] an opening into or through something [n] a depression hollowed out of solid matter [n] an unoccupied space [n] informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [n] a fault; "he shot holes in my argument" [v] make holes in [v] in golf: hit the ball into the hole Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hole: cakehole \| fix \| gob \| golf hole \| hole out \| hollow \| jam \| kettle of fish \| maw \| mess \| muddle \| pickle \| trap \| yap Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hole: abode \| abri \| abysm \| abyss \| aerospace \| aerosphere \| air hole \| air pocket \| airspace \| alveolation \| alveolus \| antre \| antrum \| aperture \| area \| armpit \| arroyo \| asylum \| Augean stables \| auger \| Babylon \| basement \| basin \| bearings \| bench mark \| bind \| bite \| blemish \| blind alley \| bolt-hole \| booth \| bordello \| bore \| bowl \| box \| box canyon \| breach \| break \| brig \| broach \| broaching \| brothel \| bug \| bump \| bunker \| burrow \| cache \| cage \| canyon \| CAT \| catch \| catch-22 \| cathouse \| cave \| cavern \| cavity \| ceiling \| cell \| cellar \| cellarage \| cellule \| chamber \| chap \| chasm \| check \| chimney \| chink \| clearing \| cleft \| cleuch \| clip joint \| clough \| coal bin \| col \| compartment \| concave \| concavity \| concealment \| corner \| couch \| coulee \| couloir \| countersink \| cove \| cover \| covert \| coverture \| crack \| cranny \| crater \| crevasse \| crevice \| crib \| crosswind \| crypt \| cubby \| cubbyhole \| cul-de-sac \| cup \| cut \| cwm \| cyclone cellar \| dark corner \| dead end \| dead-end street \| deadlock \| deep \| defect \| defection \| deficiency \| defile \| dell \| den \| den of iniquity \| den of thieves \| dent \| depression \| depth \| difficulty \| dike \| dilemma \| dip \| disclosure \| discontinuity \| discrepancy \| disrupt \| district \| ditch \| dive \| doghouse \| donga \| donjon \| draw \| drawback \| drill \| dugout \| dump \| dungeon \| earth \| empierce \| emplacement \| empty space \| enclosed space \| error \| excavation \| extremity \| failing \| failure \| fallacy \| fault \| faute \| favorable wind \| fenestra \| fissure \| fistula \| fix \| flaw \| fleshpots \| flume \| fog \| foible \| fold \| follicle \| fontanel \| foramen \| form \| foxhole \| fracture \| frailty \| front \| funk hole \| funnel chest \| furrow \| gap \| gape \| gash \| gat \| goal \| Gomorrah \| gore \| gorge \| gouge \| gouge out \| grand slam \| groove \| grot \| grotto \| gulch \| gulf \| gully \| gyp joint \| halt \| head wind \| hellhole \| hiatus \| hideaway \| hideout \| hidey hole \| hiding \| hiding place \| high-pressure area \| hit \| hold \| hole in one \| hollow \| hollow shell \| home run \| homer \| honeycomb \| hot water \| hovel \| hut \| impale \| impasse \| imperfection \| impression \| inadequacy \| incision \| inconsistency \| indentation \| infirmity \| inlet \| interstice \| interval \| ionosphere \| jail \| jetstream \| joint \| keep \| kink \| kloof \| lacuna \| lair \| lance \| latitude and longitude \| laying open \| leak \| lieu \| little problem \| locale \| locality \| location \| locus \| lodge \| loophole \| low-pressure area \| manger \| mess \| mew \| mistake \| moat \| muddle \| needle \| niche \| nook \| notch \| nullah \| open \| opening \| opening up \| orifice \| oubliette \| outlet \| overcast \| pass \| passage \| passageway \| penetrate \| perforate \| perforation \| pesthole \| pew \| pickle \| pierce \| pigeonhole \| pigpen \| pigsty \| pinch \| pink \| pinpoint \| pit \| place \| placement \| plague spot \| playhouse \| plight \| pocket \| point \| pore \| position \| potato cellar \| predicament \| prick \| prison \| problem \| punch \| punch bowl \| puncture \| ravine \| ream \| ream out \| recess \| refuge \| region \| rent \| retreat \| riddle \| rift \| rime \| rip \| rookery \| roughness \| run \| run through \| rupture \| sanctuary \| scissure \| scoop \| score \| scrape \| seam \| secret place \| sewer \| shack \| shaft \| shanty \| shell \| shortcoming \| sink \| sink of corruption \| sinus \| site \| situation \| situs \| skewer \| slam \| slit \| slot \| slum \| snag \| socket \| Sodom \| something missing \| soup \| space \| spear \| spike \| spit \| split \| sporting house \| spot \| stab \| stable \| stalemate \| stall \| stand \| standstill \| stash \| stead \| stews \| stick \| stoma \| stop \| storm cellar \| stratosphere \| strike \| sty \| subbasement \| substratosphere \| subterrane \| subway \| tail wind \| taint \| tap \| tear \| tenement \| the slums \| throwing open \| tight spot \| tight squeeze \| touchdown \| transfix \| transpierce \| trench \| trepan \| trephine \| tropopause \| troposphere \| trouble \| trough \| tumbledown shack \| tunnel \| turbulence \| uncorking \| undercovert \| unstopping \| vacancy \| vacuity \| vacuum \| valley \| vault \| vent \| visibility \| visibility zero \| void \| vug \| vulnerable place \| wadi \| warren \| weak link \| weak point \| weakness \| well \| whereabout \| whereabouts \| whorehouse \| wine cellar \| yawn \| yawning abyss See Also \| air hole \| aperture \| armhole \| blowhole \| bolt-hole \| bullet hole \| bunghole \| burrow \| button hole \| buttonhole \| cavity \| chuckhole \| core out \| countersink \| cranny \| cup \| defect \| depression \| difficulty \| dogleg \| dog's breakfast \| dog's dinner \| ear hole \| eye \| eyelet \| fault \| finger hole \| flaw \| gap \| golf course \| golf links \| gopher hole \| hawse \| hawsehole \| hawsepipe \| hit \| hollow \| hollow out \| keyhole \| knothole \| leak \| links \| loophole \| lubber's hole \| manhole \| mortice \| mortise \| mouth \| mouth hole \| nail hole \| natural depression \| opening \| opening \| oral cavity \| oral fissure \| ozone hole \| peephole \| perforation \| perforation \| period of play \| pit \| play \| playing period \| plughole \| pore \| post hole \| posthole \| pothole \| puncture \| rabbit burrow \| rabbit hole \| rathole \| rima oris \| sound hole \| space \| spyhole \| thumbhole \| tunnel \| vent \| venthole \| wormhole Hole In Webster's Dictionary \Hole\ (h[=o]l), a. Whole. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \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}. \Hole\, v. t. [AS. holian. See {Hole}, n.] 1. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. --Chapman. 2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball. \Hole\, v. i. To go or get into a hole. --B. Jonson.

Hole Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hole?

[n] an opening deliberately made in or through something
[n] one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes"
[n] informal terms for the mouth
[n] an opening into or through something
[n] a depression hollowed out of solid matter
[n] an unoccupied space
[n] informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
[n] a fault; "he shot holes in my argument"
[v] make holes in
[v] in golf: hit the ball into the hole

Hole In Webster's Dictionary

\Hole\ (h[=o]l), a.
Whole. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\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}.


\Hole\, v. t. [AS. holian. See {Hole}, n.]
1. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a
   post for the insertion of rails or bars. --Chapman.

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


\Hole\, v. i.
To go or get into a hole. --B. Jonson.

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