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hole
 
Noun hole has 8 senses
  1. hole - an opening into or through something
    --1 is a kind of     opening, gap
    --1 has particulars:
     aperture; bolt-hole; bullet hole; cranny; leak; ozone hole; perforation; rathole; knothole
    Derived form: verb hole2
  2. hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something
    --2 is a kind of     opening
    --2 has particulars:
     air hole; armhole; bunghole; buttonhole, button hole; countersink; cup; ear hole; eye; eyelet; finger hole; finger hole; hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe; keyhole; loophole; lubber's hole; manhole; mortise, mortice; mouth hole; nail hole; peephole, spyhole; perforation; plughole; posthole, post hole; puncture; sound hole; thumbhole; vent, venthole, vent-hole, blowhole
    Derived form: verb hole2
  3. hole, golf hole - one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes"
    --3 is a kind of playing period, period of play, play
    --3 is a part of golf course, golf links, links
    --3 has particulars: dogleg
    Derived form: verb hole1
  4. hole - an unoccupied space
    --4 is a kind of     space
    --4 has particulars: pore
  5. hole, hollow - a depression hollowed out of solid matter
    --5 is a kind of natural depression, depression
    --5 has particulars:
     burrow, tunnel; gopher hole; kettle hole, kettle; pit, cavity; pothole, chuckhole; rabbit burrow, rabbit hole; wormhole
  6. hole - a fault; "he shot holes in my argument"
    --6 is a kind of     defect, fault, flaw
  7. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
    --7 is a kind of difficulty
    --7 has particulars: dog's breakfast, dog's dinner
  8. trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob - informal terms for the mouth
    --8 is a kind of mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
Verb hole has 2 senses
  1. hole, hole out - hit the ball into the hole
    --1 is one way to hit
    Derived form: noun hole3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. hole - make holes in
    --2 is one way to     hollow, hollow out, core out
    Derived forms: noun hole1, noun hole2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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