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  • 41hole — n. 1) to bore; dig a hole 2) to fill in a hole 3) a deep; gaping, yawning hole 4) a rabbit; watering hole 5) (misc.) to pick holes in smt. ( to find flaws in smt. ); to poke a hole in smb. s argument; (golf) to shoot a hole in one * * * [həʊl]… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 42Hole —    1) (la Hole)    Tenement of Alice de Mondene called la Hole in parish of St. Owyn, 1322 (Ct. H.W. I. 296).    No later mention.    2) (le Hole)    Tenement situate at le Hole in the parish of St. Magnus, 1393 4 (Ct. H.W. II. 306).     Le… …

    Dictionary of London

  • 43hole — noun 1) a hole in the roof Syn: opening, aperture, gap, space, orifice, vent, chink, breach, break; crack, leak, rift, rupture; puncture, perforation, cut, split, gash …

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  • 44hole — {{11}} O.E. hol orifice, hollow place, cave, performation, from P.Gmc. *hul (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., O.H.G. hol, M.Du. hool, O.N. holr, Ger. hohl hollow, Goth. us hulon to hollow out ), from PIE root *kel (see CELL (Cf. cell)). As a contemptuous word… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 45hole — noun 1》 an empty space in a solid body or surface.     ↘an aperture.     ↘a cavity on a golf course into which the ball must be hit. 2》 informal a small or unpleasant place.     ↘an awkward situation. 3》 a flaw in a plan or argument. 4》 Physics a …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 46hole — See: ACE IN THE HOLE, BURN A HOLE IN ONE S POCKET, IN A HOLE or IN A SPOT, IN THE HOLE, OUT OF THE HOLE, SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47hole — See: ACE IN THE HOLE, BURN A HOLE IN ONE S POCKET, IN A HOLE or IN A SPOT, IN THE HOLE, OUT OF THE HOLE, SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48hole — See: ace in the hole, burn a hole in one s pocket, in a hole or in a spot, in the hole, out of the hole, square peg in a round hole …

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  • 49hole — chug·hole; hole·able; hole; hole·less; touch·hole; loop·hole; …

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  • 50hole — Synonyms and related words: Augean stables, Babylon, CAT, Gomorrah, Sodom, abode, abri, abysm, abyss, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, alveolation, alveolus, antre, antrum, aperture, area, armpit, arroyo, asylum, auger,… …

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