hole
IPA: hˈoʊɫ
noun
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (heading) In games.
- (golf) 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.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (stud poker) 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 the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (informal) A container or receptacle.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (Ireland, Scotland, particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
- (transitive, by extension) To destroy.
- (intransitive) To go into a hole.
- (transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
- (transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
adjective
- Obsolete spelling of whole. [Entire, undivided.]
- Misspelling of whole. [Entire, undivided.]
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Examples of "hole" in Sentences
- The hole was hollow.
- The sailors patch the holes.
- Eggs are nestled in its hole.
- The people excavated the hole.
- The hole was covered in thatch.
- The bridle passes through a hole.
- The stars were holes in the globe.
- But the hole in the middle is inconspicuous.
- The top of the carton is a plurality of holes.
- The opening of the hole is capped and so is the top of the pipe.
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