holey
Having, or being full of, holesHaving, or being full of, holes.
» What should we do with these holey socks?
Was sollen wir mit diesen löchrigen Socken machen? — brauchinet
Что нам делать с этими дырявыми носками? — Ooneykcall
patgfisher · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesHaving, or being full of, holes.
Fred loved holey Dutch cheese.
löchrig
дыря́выйdyrjávyj
дірявийdirjavyj, дірявеdirjave, діряваdirjava
- allowing passage in and out
Examples
1 sentencesWhat should we do with these holey socks?
ruЧто нам делать с этими дырявыми носками? — Ooneykcall
deWas sollen wir mit diesen löchrigen Socken machen? — brauchinet
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English holy, holi, holly, holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”); equivalent to holeFrom Middle English holy, holi, holly, holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”); equivalent to hole + -y. The e was inserted in Modern English to distinguish the word from holy (“hallowed, sacred”).
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Forms
holier, holiestSynonyms
1 synonyms- allowing passage in and out:porous
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.