a. | 1. | Whole. | ||||||
n. | 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. | ||||||
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. | |||||||
3. | (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.
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v. t. | 1. | To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; | ||||||
2. | To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball. | |||||||
v. i. | 1. | To go or get into a hole. |
Noun | 1. | hole - an opening into or through something |
2. | hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something | |
3. | hole - one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes" Synonyms: golf hole | |
4. | hole - an unoccupied space | |
5. | hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter Synonyms: hollow | |
6. | hole - a fault; "he shot holes in my argument" | |
7. | hole - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" | |
8. | hole - informal terms for the mouth | |
Verb | 1. | hole - hit the ball into the hole Synonyms: hole out |
2. | hole - make holes in |
(electronics) | hole - The absence of an electron in a semiconductor material. In the electron model, a hole can be thought of as an incomplete outer electron shell in a doping substance. Holes can also be thought of as positive charge carriers; while this is in a sense a fiction, it is a useful abstraction. |