hole: signification et définitions

A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit: dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.

An opening or perforation: a hole in the clouds; had a hole in the elbow of my sweater.

Sports An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.

A fault or flaw: There are holes in your argument.

A deep place in a body of water.

An animal's hollowed-out habitation, such as a burrow.

An ugly, squalid, or depressing dwelling.

A deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon.

An awkward situation; a predicament.

Sports The small pit lined with a cup into which a golf ball must be hit.

Sports One of the divisions of a golf course, from tee to cup.

Physics A vacant position in a crystal left by the absence of an electron, especially a position in a semiconductor that acts as a carrier of positive electric charge. Also called electron hole.

To put a hole in.

To put or propel into a hole.

To make a hole in something.

hole out Sports To hit a golf ball into the hole.

hole up To hibernate in or as if in a hole.

hole up Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout.

in the hole Having a score below zero.

in the hole In debt.

in the hole At a disadvantage.