English Dictionary

hole

/həʊl/

verb

(transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface). / (transitive, by extension) To destroy. / (intransitive) To go into a hole.

The rabbit dug a hole in the ground.

意味（1）

(transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).

Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.

意味（2）

(transitive, by extension) To destroy.

She completely holed the argument.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To go into a hole.

Good master Picklock, with your worming brain,

And wriggling engine-head of maintenance,

Which I shall see you hole with very shortly!

A fine round head, when those two lugs are off,

Good master Picklock, with your worming brain, And wriggling engine-head of maintenance, Which I shall see you hole with very shortly! A fine round head, when those two lugs are off, To trundle through a pillory!

意味（4）

(transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.

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.

意味（5）

(transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.

to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars