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hole H0238800 (hōl)n.1. A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit: dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.2. a. An opening or perforation: a hole in the clouds; had a hole in the elbow of my sweater.b. Sports An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.c. A fault or flaw: There are holes in your argument.3. A deep place in a body of water.4. An animal's hollowed-out habitation, such as a burrow.5. An ugly, squalid, or depressing dwelling.6. A deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon.7. An awkward situation; a predicament.8. Sports a. The small pit lined with a cup into which a golf ball must be hit.b. One of the divisions of a golf course, from tee to cup.9. Physics A vacant position in an atom left by the absence of a valence 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.1. To put a hole in.2. To put or propel into a hole.v.intr. To make a hole in something.Phrasal Verbs: hole out Sports To hit a golf ball into the hole. hole up1. To hibernate in or as if in a hole.2. Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout.Idiom: in the hole1. Having a score below zero.2. In debt.3. At a disadvantage.
[Middle English, from Old English hol; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]IdiomsSeeholeholing
holing[′hōl·iŋ] (mining engineering) The working of a lower part of a bed of coal to bring down the upper mass. The final act of connecting two workings underground. The meeting of two mine roadways driven to intersect. Also known as thirling. holingThe punching of holes in slates before fixing on a roof. |