'Hole' definitions:

Definition of 'hole'

(from WordNet)
noun
An opening into or through something
noun
An opening deliberately made in or through something
noun
One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes" [syn: hole, golf hole]
noun
An unoccupied space
noun
A depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole, hollow]
noun
A fault; "he shot holes in my argument"
noun
Informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish]
noun
Informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob]
verb
Hit the ball into the hole [syn: hole, hole out]
verb
Make holes in

Definition of 'Hole'

From: GCIDE
  • Hole \Hole\ (h[=o]l), a. Whole. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hole'

From: GCIDE
  • Hole \Hole\ (h[=o]l), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The holes where eyes should be. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. --2 Kings xii. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. --Luke ix. 58.
  • 3. (Games) (a) A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole, as in golf. (b) (Fives) At Eton College, England, that part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Syn: Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice; orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave; den; cell. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hole'

From: GCIDE
  • Hole \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hole'

From: GCIDE
  • Hole \Hole\, v. i. To go or get into a hole. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hole'

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