Hole meanings. All definitions of Hole

noun hole A hollow place in a solid body or surface. 1

noun hole an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock. 1

noun hole a hollow place in a solid body or mass; a cavity: a hole in the ground. 1

noun hole the excavated habitation of an animal; burrow. 1

noun hole a small, dingy, or shabby place: I couldn't live in a hole like that. 1

noun hole a place of solitary confinement; dungeon. 1

noun hole an embarrassing position or predicament: to find oneself in a hole. 1

noun hole a cove or small harbor. 1

noun hole a fault or flaw: They found serious holes in his reasoning. 1

noun hole a deep, still place in a stream: a swimming hole. 1

noun hole Sports. a small cavity, into which a marble, ball, or the like is to be played. a score made by so playing. 1

noun hole Golf. the circular opening in a green into which the ball is to be played. a part of a golf course from a tee to the hole corresponding to it, including fairway, rough, and hazards. the number of strokes taken to hit the ball from a tee into the hole corresponding to it. 1

noun hole Informal. opening; slot: The radio program was scheduled for the p.m. hole. We need an experienced person to fill a hole in our accounting department. 1

noun hole Metalworking. (in wire drawing) one reduction of a section. 1

noun hole Electronics. a mobile vacancy in the electronic structure of a semiconductor that acts as a positive charge carrier and has equivalent mass. 1

noun hole Aeronautics. an air pocket that causes a plane or other aircraft to drop suddenly. 1

verb with object hole to make a hole or holes in. 1

verb with object hole to put or drive into a hole. 1

verb with object hole Golf. to hit the ball into (a hole). 1

verb with object hole to bore (a tunnel, passage, etc.). 1

verb without object hole to make a hole or holes. 1

idioms hole burn a hole in one's pocket, to urge one to spend money quickly: His inheritance was burning a hole in his pocket. 1

idioms hole hole in the wall, a small or confining place, especially one that is dingy, shabby, or out-of-the-way: Their first shop was a real hole in the wall. 1

idioms hole in a / the hole, in debt; in straitened circumstances: After Christmas I am always in the hole for at least a month. Baseball, Softball. pitching or batting with the count of balls or balls and strikes to one's disadvantage, especially batting with a count of two strikes and one ball or none. Stud Poker. being the card or one of the cards dealt face down in the first round: a king in the hole. 1

idioms hole make a hole in, to take a large part of: A large bill from the dentist made a hole in her savings. 1

idioms hole pick a hole / holes in, to find a fault or flaw in: As soon as I presented my argument, he began to pick holes in it. Also, poke a hole/holes in. 1

noun hole opening 1

noun hole in the ground 1

abbreviation HOLE hollow 1

noun hole in a road 1

noun hole predicament 1

noun hole burrow, animal home 1

noun hole shabby home 1

noun hole prison: solitary confinement 1

noun hole argument: flaw 1

noun hole cavity 1

noun hole swimming place 1

noun hole golf: target 1

noun hole golf: number of strokes 1

transitive verb hole golf: hit a ball into the hole 1

transitive verb hole dig 1

noun Definition of hole in Technology 1. (electronics) In the hole model of current flow, the absence of an electron, e.g. in a semiconductor material. In the electron model, a hole can be thought of as an incomplete outer electron shell in a doping substance. Considering holes as positive charge carriers is a useful abstraction. 2. (security) A security vulnerability, particularly one which allows an attacker to gain unauthorised access to a system (by analogy with a hole in a wall). 1

verb hole (Transitive Verb) (by extension) To destroy. 0

verb hole To go or get into a hole. 0

verb hole (Transitive Verb) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in. 0

verb hole (Transitive Verb) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball. 0

verb hole simple past tense of hele. 0

countable noun hole A hole is a hollow space in something solid, with an opening on one side. 0

countable noun hole A hole is an opening in something that goes right through it. 0

countable noun hole A hole is the home or hiding place of a mouse, rabbit, or other small animal. 0

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