hole
verb/həʊl/
/həʊl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they hole | /həʊl/ /həʊl/ |
| he / she / it holes | /həʊlz/ /həʊlz/ |
| past simple holed | /həʊld/ /həʊld/ |
| past participle holed | /həʊld/ /həʊld/ |
| -ing form holing | /ˈhəʊlɪŋ/ /ˈhəʊlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, usually passive] to make a hole or holes in something, especially a boat or ship
- be holed by something The ship had been holed by a missile.
- be holed The hull was holed in several places.
- [transitive, intransitive] to hit a golf ball into the hole
- hole something She holed a 25 foot putt.
- hole (out) She holed out from 25 feet.
make a hole
in golf
Word OriginOld English hol (noun), holian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hol (noun) ‘cave’, (adjective) ‘hollow’, and German hohl ‘hollow’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover, conceal’.
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