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.
An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation.
To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.
To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
To go or get into a hole.
A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole, as in golf.
At Eton College, England, that part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. Mark Twain
Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole. John F. Kennedy
We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future. Steve Jobs
The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up and take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole. Barack Obama
We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis. Barack Obama
hole in Afrikaans is lek, sloot, gat
hole in Danish is hul
hole in Dutch is groef, gracht, kuil, groeve, greppel
hole in German is Markierung, Loch
hole in Italian is fossa
hole in Latin is foramen, cavus
hole in Norwegian is hull
hole in Portuguese is furo
hole in Spanish is agujero, zanja, hornacho
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