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whole – a single entity comprised of a collection of parts; including all of an entity: This requires your whole attention.
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
1. A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit: dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.
a. An opening or perforation: a hole in the clouds; had a hole in the elbow of my sweater.
b. Sports An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.
c. A fault or flaw: There are holes in your argument.
3. A deep place in a body of water.
4. An animal's hollowed-out habitation, such as a burrow.
5. An ugly, squalid, or depressing dwelling.
6. A deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon.
7. An awkward situation; a predicament.
a. The small pit lined with a cup into which a golf ball must be hit.
b. One of the divisions of a golf course, from tee to cup.
9. Physics A vacant position in an atom left by the absence of a valence electron, especially a position in a semiconductor that acts as a carrier of positive electric charge. Also called electron hole.
1. To hibernate in or as if in a hole.
2. Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout.
[Middle English, from Old English hol; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
2. an opening made in or through something
3. (Zoology) an animal's hiding place or burrow
4. informal an unattractive place, such as a town or a dwelling
7. a fault (esp in the phrase pick holes in)
8. slang a difficult and embarrassing situation
9. (Games, other than specified) the cavity in various games into which the ball must be thrust
b. each of the divisions of a course (usually 18) represented by the distance between the tee and a green
c. the score made in striking the ball from the tee into the hole
a. a vacancy in a nearly full band of quantum states of electrons in a semiconductor or an insulator. Under the action of an electric field holes behave as carriers of positive charge
c. a vacancy in the nearly full continuum of quantum states of negative energy of fermions. A hole appears as the antiparticle of the fermion
12. in holes so worn as to be full of holes: his socks were in holes.
14. (Card Games) (of a card, the hole card, in stud poker) dealt face down in the first round
15. make a hole in to consume or use a great amount of (food, drink, money, etc): to make a hole in a bottle of brandy.
16. to make a hole or holes in (something)
17. (Golf) golf (when: intr, often foll by out) to hit (the ball) into the hole
[Old English hol; related to Gothic hulundi, German Höhle, Old Norse hylr pool, Latin caulis hollow stem; see hollow]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
1. an opening through something; gap: a hole in the roof.
2. a hollow place in a solid mass; cavity: a hole in the ground.
3. the excavated habitation of an animal; burrow.
4. a cramped or shabby place of habitation.
5. a place of solitary confinement; dungeon.
6. an embarrassing position or predicament.
8. a fault; flaw: serious holes in your reasoning.
9. a deep, still place in a stream: a swimming hole.
a. the circular opening in a golfing green into which the ball is to be played.
b. a part of a golf course including fairway, rough, and hazards.
c. the play on such a part considered as a unit of scoring.
11. opening; slot: We need someone to fill a hole in our department.
12. a mobile vacancy in the electronic structure of a semiconductor that acts as a positive charge carrier and has mass equivalent to the electron.
16. hole out, to strike a golf ball into a hole.
a. to retire into a hole or cave for the winter.
b. to hide from or as if from pursuers; take refuge.
1. hole in the wall, a small or confining place.
b. dealt facedown in the first round in a game of stud poker.
3. pick a hole or holes in, to notice and point out flaws in.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English hol, orig. neuter of hol (adj.) hollow, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German hol, Old Norse holr]
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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aperture - a natural opening in something
bolt-hole - a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den
bullet hole - a hole made by a bullet passing through it
cranny - a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
leak - an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
ozone hole - an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone
perforation - a hole made in something; "a perforation of the eardrum"
rathole - a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats
knothole - a hole in a board where a knot came out
air hole - a hole that allows the passage of air
armhole - a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached
bunghole - a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it
button hole, buttonhole - a hole through which buttons are pushed
countersink - a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface
cup - the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup"
ear hole - a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears
eye - a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"
eyelet, eyehole - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
finger hole - a hole for inserting a finger
finger hole - one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe - the hole that an anchor rope passes through
keyhole - the hole where a key is inserted
loophole - a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons
lubber's hole - hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds
manhole - a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure
mortice, mortise - a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mouth hole - a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth
nail hole - a hole left after a nail is removed
opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
eyehole, peephole, spyhole - a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
perforation - a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place
plughole - a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)
post hole, posthole - a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post
puncture - a small hole made by a sharp object
sound hole - a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones
thumbhole - the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb
vent, venthole, vent-hole, blowhole - a hole for the escape of gas or air
dogleg - a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway
golf course, links course - course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf
period of play, playing period, play - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning"
space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"
pore - any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
burrow, tunnel - a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
gopher hole - a hole in the ground made by gophers
kettle hole, kettle - (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
natural depression, depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation
cavity, pit - a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
chuckhole, pothole - a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
rabbit burrow, rabbit hole - a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits
wormhole - hole made by a burrowing worm
flaw, fault, defect - an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"
dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job"
mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"
golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
core out, hollow out, hollow - remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
5. (Informal) hovel, dump (informal), dive (slang), slum, joint (slang) Why don't you leave this awful hole and come to live with me?
6. (Informal) predicament, spot (informal), fix (informal), mess, jam (informal), dilemma, scrape (informal), tangle, hot water (informal), quandary, tight spot, imbroglio He admitted that the government was in 'a dreadful hole'.
hole up hide, shelter, take refuge, go into hiding, take cover, go to earth holing up in his Paris flat with the phone off the hook
pick holes in something criticize, knock (informal), rubbish (informal), put down, run down, slate (informal), slag (off) (slang), denigrate, disprove, disparage, diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), find fault with, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), flame (informal), niggle at, cavil at, pull to pieces, asperse He then goes on to pick holes in the article.
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1. (gen) → agujero m, hoyo m; (in road) → bache m; (= gap, opening) → boquete m; (in wall, defences, dam) → brecha f; (= burrow) → madriguera f (Golf) → hoyo m
through a hole in the clouds → a través de un claro entre las nubes
to dig a hole → cavar un hoyo
these socks are full of holes → estos calcetines están llenos de agujeros
his argument is full of holes → sus argumentos están llenos de fallas
hole in the heart → soplo m cardíaco
his injury leaves a hole in the team → su lesión deja un vacío en el equipo
to make a hole in sth → hacer un agujero en algo
buying the car made a hole in his savings → la compra del coche le costó una buena parte de sus ahorros
to pick holes in sth (fig) → encontrar defectos en algo
to wear a hole in sth → agujerear algo
see also hole-in-the-wall
2. (fig) (= difficulty) → aprieto m, apuro m
to be in a hole → estar en un apuro or aprieto
he got me out of a hole → me sacó de un aprieto or apuro
3. (= dwelling, room) → cuchitril m, tugurio m (esp LAm); (= town) → poblacho m, pueblo m de mala muerte
1. (= make hole in) (gen) → agujerear; [+ ship] → abrir una brecha en
C. VI (Golf) to hole in one → hacer un hoyo de un golpe
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
3. (in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens. He won by two holes; We played nine holes.hoyo
2. to hit (a ball etc) into a hole. The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.meter en el hoyo
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
hole
n perforación f, hueco, agujero
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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