see|Hole
English

Etymology
OE. term|hol|lang=ang||orifice, hollow place, from Proto-Germanic *term||khulaz, from Proto-Indo-European base *term||kel-.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/h��l/, SAMPA|/h@Ul/
a|US enPR| h�l, IPA|/ho�l/, SAMPA|/hoUl/
audio|en-us-hole.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��l

Homophones
whole (depends on accent)

Noun
en-noun
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1. a hollow in a surface

#:Get some popcorn out of that popcorn bucket hole.

1. an opening in a solid

#:There�s a hole in my bucket.

1. a weakness, a flaw

#:I have found a hole in your argument.

1. golf the portion of a game in which the players attempt to hit the ball into a particular hole.

#:I played 18 holes yesterday.

1. informal a container or receptacle

#: car hole; brain hole

1. physics In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.

#: The shortstop ranged deam into the hole to make the stop.

1. computer A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit
2. context|anatomy|slang An orifice, in particular the anus
3. informal The place where a prisoner is kept
4. slang An undesirable place to live or visit

#:Don�t go there, that place is a hole!

1. baseball The rear portion of the defensive seam between the shortstop and the third baseman.

Derived terms
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arsehole, asshole
black hole
bolthole
bullet hole
button hole
cakehole
countersunk hole
cubby hole
donut hole
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electron hole
fox-hole, fox hole, foxhole
glory hole
gnamma hole
gunk-hole
holey
hole in one
hole-in-the-wall
hole punch
hole state
rel-mid4
keyhole
loophole
man-hole, manhole
mouse-hole, mousehole
nineteenth hole
pigeonhole
pilot hole
pritchel hole
rel-mid4
pothole
sink hole
sound hole
toad-in-the-hole
top hole
touch hole
white hole
wonky hole
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Translations
trans-top|hollow in some surface
Czech: t-|cs|díra|f
Finnish: t-|fi|kuoppa, t+|fi|kolo
German: t+|de|Loch|n
Kurdish: KUchar|�اڵ
trans-mid
Mongolian: нү� (nüh)
Slovene: t+|sl|luknja|f
Spanish: t+|es|hueco|m
Swedish: t+|sv|hål|n
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trans-top|opening in a solid
Finnish: t+|fi|reikä, t+|fi|aukko
German: t+|de|Loch|n
trans-mid
Kurdish: t-|ku|ک��|sc=KUchar
Slovene: luknja f
Spanish: qualifier|Spain t+|es|agujero|m, t+|es|hoyo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|hål|n
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trans-top|weakness, flaw
Finnish: t+|fi|aukko
trans-mid
Slovene: luknja f
Swedish: t+|sv|hål|n
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trans-top|portion of a game of golf
Finnish: t+|fi|reikä
trans-mid
Slovene: luknja f
Spanish: t+|es|hoyo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|hål|n
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trans-top|container
trans-mid
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trans-top|lack of an electron
Finnish: t+|fi|aukko
trans-mid
Swedish: t+|sv|hål|n
trans-bottom

trans-top|security vulnerability
trans-mid
Slovene: luknja f
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trans-top|orifice
trans-mid
Slovene: luknja f
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trans-top|place where a prisoner is kept
trans-mid
Slovene: luknja f
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trans-top|undesirable place
trans-mid
Slovene: luknja f
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ttbc|Albanian: vrimë f
ttbc|Armenian: Õ®Õ¡Õ¯
ttbc|Basque: uts, huskune
ttbc|Cantonese: 窿 (lon1)
ttbc|Catalan: forat m
ttbc|Chinese: æ´� (Mandarin: dong4, Cantonese: dong3)
ttbc|Croatian: rupa f
ttbc|Dutch: holte f (1), put m (1), kuil m (1), gat n (2), opening f (2)
ttbc|Esperanto: kavo (1), truo (2)
ttbc|French: trou m (1,2), faille f (3)
ttbc|Hebrew: ��ר m
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ttbc|Hungarian: lyuk
ttbc|Japanese: 穴 (��, ana)
ttbc|Maori: puta
ttbc|Polish: dziura f (1,5), otwór m (2), luka f (3), do�ek m (4)
ttbc|Portuguese: buraco m, cova f
ttbc|Romanian: gaur� f, deschiz�tur� f
ttbc|Telugu: ��త, �ిల�ల�, బ����, ర�ధ�ర� (bokka, kaMta, cillu, raMdhraM)
ttbc|Turkish: çukur (1), delik (2)
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Verb
en-verb|hol|ing

1. transitive To make holes in (an object).

#:Shrapnel holed the ship�s hull.

Derived terms
hole up

Translations
trans-top|to make holes
Finnish: läpäistä, rei'ittää, tehdä reikä
trans-mid
Swedish: göra hål i, slå hål i, punktera (something inflated)
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