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- [hohl]
- /hoʊl/
- /həʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hohl]
- /hoʊl/
Definitions of holed word
- noun holed an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock. 1
- noun holed a hollow place in a solid body or mass; a cavity: a hole in the ground. 1
- noun holed the excavated habitation of an animal; burrow. 1
- noun holed a small, dingy, or shabby place: I couldn't live in a hole like that. 1
- noun holed a place of solitary confinement; dungeon. 1
- noun holed an embarrassing position or predicament: to find oneself in a hole. 1
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Origin of holed
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English hol hole, cave, orig. neuter of hol (adj.) hollow; cognate with German hohl hollow
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Parts of speech for Holed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
holed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
holed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for holed
verb holed
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- intrude — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
Antonyms for holed
verb holed
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.