Sekirov Dictionary

hole

UK /həʊl/US /hoʊl/

noun 23
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 13

noun23

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a space that goes into the ground or the surface of something, but not all the way through
- 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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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.
A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
An excavation pit or trench.
A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
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(figurative) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- I have found a hole in your argument.
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(figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
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The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- I played 18 holes yesterday.
- The second hole today cost me three strokes over par.
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(slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- His apartment is a hole!
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(informal) Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- In late December a Washington State prisoner was involved in a scuffle with a guard who was trying to take him into the hole. — 1988
(slang, vulgar) Any bodily orifice.
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(vulgar, offensive) A person's mouth.
- Just shut your hole!
(slang, vulgar) The anus.
(slang, vulgar) The vagina.
A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
(US, Canada) A mountain valley.
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The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
(offensive) A woman.
A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
A chordless cycle in a graph.
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(slang) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- We’re supposed to take the hole at Cronk and wait for the Limited to pass.
In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.

verb5

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To make holes in (an object or surface).
- Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
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To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
- to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
To go into a hole.
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To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
- Woods holed a standard three foot putt
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To destroy.
- She completely holed the argument.

forms

holed · holing · holes

Phrases with hole

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