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hole
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??l/, [h???], [h???]
- Rhymes: -??l
- (US) IPA(key): /ho?l/, [ho??]
- Rhymes: -o?l
- Homophone: whole (depends on accent)
Etymology 1
From Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hul? (“hollow space, cavity”) noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).
Noun
hole (plural holes)
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
- The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid.
- 1840, Alfred Tennyson, Godiva:
- […] her palfrey’s footfall shot
Light horrors thro’ her pulses: the blind walls
Were full of chinks and holes; and overhead
Fantastic gables, crowding, stared: […]
- […] her palfrey’s footfall shot
- An opening in a solid.
- (heading) In games.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- 2011, Fun - We Are Young
- But between the drinks and subtle things / The holes in my apologies, you know / I’m trying hard to take it back
- 2011, Fun - We Are Young
- (informal) A container or receptacle.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- (slang, anatomy) An orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.
- (Ireland, Scotland, particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.
- Are you going out to get your hole tonight?
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- Synonym: box
- 2011, Ahmariah Jackson, IAtomic Seven, Locked Up but Not Locked Down
- Disciplinary actions can range from a mere write up to serious time in the hole.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
- (figuratively) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hole
- (solitary confinement): administrative segregation, ad-seg, block (UK), box, cooler (UK), hotbox, lockdown, pound, SCU, security housing unit, SHU, special handling unit
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (h?ru)
- Sranan Tongo: olo
Translations
Verb
hole (third-person singular simple present holes, present participle holing, simple past and past participle holed)
- (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
- (transitive, by extension) To destroy.
- (intransitive) To go into a hole.
- (transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
- 1799, Sporting Magazine (volume 13, page 49)
- If the player holes the red ball, he scores three, and upon holing his adversary's ball, he gains two; and thus it frequently happens, that seven are got upon a single stroke, by caramboling and holing both balls.
- 1799, Sporting Magazine (volume 13, page 49)
- (transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
- to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
Derived terms
- holeable
- holer
- hole out
- hole up
Translations
Etymology 2
Adjective
hole (comparative holer or more hole, superlative holest or most hole)
- Obsolete form of whole.
- 1843, Sir George Webbe Dasent (translator), A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue (originally by Rasmus Christian Rask)
- Such was the arrangement of the alphabet over the hole North.
- 1843, Sir George Webbe Dasent (translator), A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue (originally by Rasmus Christian Rask)
Anagrams
- Hoel, OHLE, helo, ohel, oleh
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ol?]
Noun
hole
- inflection of h?l:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Verb
hole
- masculine singular present transgressive of holit
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ho?l?/
Verb
hole
- inflection of holen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Hausa
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hó?.lè?/
Verb
h?l? (grade 4)
- to relax, to enjoy oneself
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English h?l
Adjective
hole
- healthy
- safe
- whole, complete, full
Alternative forms
- hol, ol, ole, hoal, hoale, hoel, hoil, hoille, holle, wholle
- hal, hale, halle (Northern)
References
- “h?l(e, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adverb
hole
- wholly
Alternative forms
- hol
References
- “h?l(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
hole (plural holes)
- whole, entirety
- health
- remedy, cure
Alternative forms
- hol
References
- “h?l(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Descendants
- English: whole
- Scots: hole, holl
Etymology 2
From Old English hol
Noun
hole (plural holes or holen)
- hole
Alternative forms
- hol, ol, ole, holle, hoil, houl, hul
Descendants
- English: hole
- Scots: hole
References
- “h??l(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
From Old English hulu; see hull for more.
Noun
hole (plural holes)
- hull (outer covering of a fruit or seed)
- hut, shelter
- hull (of a ship)
Alternative forms
- hol, holle, hul, hule, ule, hulle, ulle, hoile, huole
Descendants
- English: hull
- Scots: huil
References
- “hol(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4
Verb
hole
- past participle of helen (“to cover”)
- Synonym: heled
Alternative forms
- holn
Etymology 5
Adjective
hole
- Alternative form of hol (“hollow”)
Etymology 6
Noun
hole (uncountable)
- Alternative form of oile (“oil”)
Etymology 7
Noun
hole (plural holen)
- Alternative form of oule (“owl”)
Etymology 8
Adjective
hole
- Alternative form of holy (“holy”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hola
Noun
hole f or m (definite singular hola or holen, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)
- alternative form of hule
References
- “hole” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- hòle
Etymology
From Old Norse hola
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ho?l?/
Noun
hole f (definite singular hola, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)
- a cave
- a cavity (anatomy)
- a den
Derived terms
- augehole
References
- “hole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German holen, from Old High German holon, from Proto-Germanic *hul?n? (“to fetch”). Compare German holen, Dutch halen. Related to English haul.
Verb
hole
- to fetch
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ole]
Noun
hole f
- genitive singular of ho?a
Sotho
Noun
hole 17 (uncountable)
- far away
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slot
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Middle Low German slot or Middle Dutch slot, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slut?. Cognate with German Schloss (“door-bolt”), Dutch slot.
The verb is probably from Middle Dutch sluten (“to close, to lock”) (Modern Dutch sluiten (“to close”)).
Noun
slot (plural slots)
- A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
- A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
- (Scotland, Northern England) An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
- (electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
- (slang, surfing) The barrel or tube of a wave.
- (American football) The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side.
Translations
Verb
slot (third-person singular simple present slots, present participle slotting, simple past and past participle slotted)
- (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.
- (obsolete, transitive, Britain, dialectal) To shut with violence; to slam.
- to slot a door
Etymology 2
From Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). Compare sleuth.
Noun
slot (plural slots)
- A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
- A period of time within a schedule or sequence.
- I've booked your haircut for the 2 p.m. slot.
- (aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line.
- (aviation) In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
- (computing) A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
- (informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.
- (slang) The vagina.
- The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 13 p. 216[2]:
- The Huntsman by his slot, or breaking earth, perceaves
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 13 p. 216[2]:
- (Antarctica) A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
Derived terms
- slotwise
- slot-hound
Translations
Verb
slot (third-person singular simple present slots, present participle slotting, simple past and past participle slotted)
- To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
- To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
- To put something where it belongs.
- (slang, Rhodesia, in the context of the Rhodesian Bush War) To kill.
- (Antarctica) To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.
- (Australian rules football, rugby, informal) To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
Derived terms
- slot in
See also
- close
- sluice
Anagrams
- LTOs, OSLT, OTLs, STOL, lost, lots, tols
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German slot (“bolt, lock, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *slut?, related to the verb *sleutan? (“to lock”); cognate with German Schloss (“lock, castle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sl?d?]
Noun
slot n (singular definite slottet, plural indefinite slotte)
- castle, palace, manor house
Inflection
Derived terms
- sandslot
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch slot, from Old Dutch *slot, from Proto-Germanic *slut?, related to the verb *sleutan? (“to lock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?t/
- Hyphenation: slot
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
slot n (plural sloten, diminutive slotje n)
- lock (something used for fastening)
- castle
- end, conclusion
Synonyms
- (castle): kasteel, burcht
- (end): eind, einde
Derived terms
- (lock): op slot
- (castle): slotgracht, slottoren
- (end): tenslotte, ten slotte, slotpleidooi, slotrede
Related terms
- sleutel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: slot
- ? Indonesian: selot
Anagrams
- lost, stol
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