Hole
Hole (hōl) , adjective
Whole. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Hole (hōl) , noun
[Old English hol, hole, Anglo-Saxon hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a., hollow; akin to Dutch hol, Old High German hol, German hohl, Danish huul hollow, hul hole, Swedish hål, Icelandic hola; prob. from the root of Anglo-Saxon helan to conceal. See Hele, Hell, and compare Hold of a ship.]
1.
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
The holes where eyes should be.
The blind walls
Were full of chinks and holes.
The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid.
2.
An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. — Dryden
The foxes have holes,... but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
3.
(a) (Games) A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole, as in golf.
(b)
(Games) At Eton College, England, that part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
Collocations (2)
Hole and corner , clandestine, underhand. [Colloquial] The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery.
Hole board (Fancy Weaving) , a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; -- called also compass board.
Hole , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon holian. See Hole, n.]
1.
To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. — Chapman
2.
To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
Hole , intransitive verb
To go or get into a hole. — B. Jonson