Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.

  2. (transitive)To drive into a military foxhole.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The soldier took shelter in the foxhole.

    Солдат сховався в одиночному окопі. — ChickenKiev

    ruСолдат укрылся в одиночном окопе. — sharptoothed

    deDer Soldat nahm im Schützenloch Zuflucht. — Zaghawa

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  2. There are no atheists in foxholes.

    ruВ окопах атеистов нет. — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole.

From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole.

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Forms

foxholes, foxholing, foxholed, foxholed
Base formfoxhole · to foxhole
3rd person singularfoxholes
Present participlefoxholing
Past simplefoxholed
Past participlefoxholed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfoxhole
he, she, itfoxholes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfoxholed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave foxholed
he, she, ithas foxholed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill foxhole

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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