hole
To make holes inTo make holes in (an object or surface).
» The hole is about five feet across.
Das Loch hat einen Durchmesser von circa anderthalb Metern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Дырка около 5 футов в диаметре. — timsa
Дірка близько 5 футів у діаметрі. — uaspeaker
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(transitive)To make holes in (an object or surface).
Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
lochen
дыря́витьdyrjávitʹ, продыря́витьprodyrjávitʹ, продырявливатьprodyrjávlivat'
дірявтиdirjavty, дзюра́витиdzjurávyty, продзюра́влюватиprodzjurávljuvaty
make holes in
(broadly, transitive)To destroy.
She completely holed the argument.
(intransitive)To go into a hole.
hit the ball into the hole
(transitive)To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
Woods holed a standard three foot putt
(transitive)To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
Examples
743 sentencesThe hole is about five feet across.
Дірка близько 5 футів у діаметрі. — uaspeaker
ruДырка около 5 футов в диаметре. — timsa
deDas Loch hat einen Durchmesser von circa anderthalb Metern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I can't find any holes in his theory.
Я не можу знайти дірок в його теорії. — aandrusiak
The hole is big enough.
Дірка достатньо велика. — deniko
ruОтверстие достаточно большое. — odexed
deDas Loch ist groß genug. — Esperantostern
The dog was digging a hole.
Собака рив яму. — deniko
ruСобака рыла ямку. — paul_lingvo
deDer Hund grub ein Loch. — samueldora
There's a hole in this sock.
У цій шкарпетці дірка. — deniko
ruВ этом носке дыра. — Hellerick
deDiese Socke hat ein Loch. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavInherited from Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”), noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”), which is of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to hollow.
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Forms
holes, holing, holed, holedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonyms- hit the ball into the hole:hole out
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
10 patterns- a hole in
- hole in the
- hole in his
- bullet holes
- bullet hole in
- through the hole
- hole in my
- there's a hole
- hole in your
- the hole in