hole
/hoʊl/noun, verb1 syllable
Hole means: informal terms for a difficult situation.
Synonyms for hole14
noun, as in informal terms for the mouth
noun, as in one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
noun, as in a depression hollowed out of solid matter
verb, as in hit the ball into the hole
What does hole mean?10
noun
informal terms for a difficult situation“he got into a terrible fix”
informal terms for the mouth
one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course“he played 18 holes”
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
an opening into or through something
an opening deliberately made in or through something
an unoccupied space
a fault“he shot holes in my argument”
verb
hit the ball into the hole
make holes in
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with hole?23
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Hole in a sentence
- He noticed a hole in his jacket, but he tried to ignore it.CM
- If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.Scott
- If a mouse only has one hole, it will soon perish.ingenius000
- And if the vacuum explodes, it is called a black hole.BraveSentry
- When you find yourself in a hole, you just have to dig yourself out.Swift
- Once any matter falls into a black hole, it disappears from the visible universe.Hybrid
- As objects fall toward the black hole, they heat up and get very hot.Hybrid
- On colder days, they curl up or dig a hole in the snow.speedwell
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of hole
as a noun
- plural
- holes
as a verb
- past tense
- holed
- present participle
- holing
- third-person singular
- holes
- past participle
- holed