Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hole
Hole
hole
n. & v. --n. 1 a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. 2 an animal's burrow. 3 a cavity or receptacle for a ball in various sports or games. 4 colloq. a small, mean, or dingy abode. 5 colloq. an awkward situation. 6 Golf a a point scored by a player who gets the ball from tee to hole with the fewest strokes. b the terrain or distance from tee to hole. 7 a position from which an electron is absent, esp. acting as a mobile positive particle in a semiconductor. --v.tr. 1 make a hole or holes in. 2 pierce the side of (a ship). 3 put into a hole. 4 (also absol.; often foll. by out) send (a golf ball) into a hole. Phrases and idioms hole-and-corner secret; underhand. hole in the heart a congenital defect in the heart septum. hole in one Golf a shot that enters the hole from the tee. hole in the wall a small dingy place (esp. of business). hole-proof (of materials etc.) treated so as to be resistant to wear. hole up US colloq. hide oneself. in holes worn so much that holes have formed. make a hole in use a large amount of. a round (or square) peg in a square (or round) hole see PEG. Derivatives holey adj. Etymology: OE hol, holian (as HOLD(2))
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I. noun see: hell Date: before 12th century 1. an opening through something ; perforation , an area where something is missing ; gap: as, a serious discrepancy ; flaw, weakness , an opening in a defensive formation, a defect in a crystal (as of a semiconductor) that is due to an electron's having left its normal position in one of the crystal bonds and that is equivalent in many respects to a positively charged particle, a hollowed-out place: as, a cave, pit, or well in the ground, burrow, an unusually deep place in a body of water (as a river), 3. a wretched or dreary place, a prison cell especially for solitary confinement, 4. a shallow cylindrical ~ in the putting green of a golf course into which the ball is played, a part of the golf course from tee to putting green , 5. an awkward position or circumstance ; fix , a position of owing or losing money , II. verb (~d; holing) Date: before 12th century transitive verb to make a ~ in, to drive or hit into a ~ , intransitive verb to make a ~ in something ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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