| query | If you refer to a place as a h___, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unpleasant .If you refer to a place as a hole, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unpleasant . Why don't you leave this awful hole and come to live with me? |
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| word | hole |
| full-definition | noun A hole is a hollow space in something solid, with an opening on one side. He took a shovel, dug a hole, and buried his once-prized possessions. The builders had cut holes into the soft stone to support the ends of the beams. ...a 60ft hole. A hole is an opening in something that goes right through it. These tiresome creatures eat holes in the leaves. Armed robbers broke into the jeweller's through a hole in the wall. ...kids with holes in the knees of their jeans. A hole is the home or hiding place of a mouse, rabbit, or other small animal. ...a rabbit hole. A hole in a law, theory, or argument is a fault or weakness that it has. There were some holes in that theory, some unanswered questions. If you refer to a place as a hole, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unpleasant . Why don't you leave this awful hole and come to live with me? A hole is also one of the nine or eighteen sections of a golf course. I played nine holes with Gary today. A hole is one of the places on a golf course that the ball must drop into, usually marked by a flag . verb If you hole in a game of golf, you hit the ball so that it goes into the hole. He holed from nine feet at the 18th. Frost holed a bunker shot from 50 feet to snatch the title by one stroke. If something such as a building or ship is holed, holes are made in it by guns or other weapons . Blocks of flats have been holed and some shells have fallen within the historic ramparts. |
| inflections | holesholingholed |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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