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# hole

noun (a hole, holes); verb (hole, holes, holed — to make a hole; hole up — to hide)

«hole» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An empty space or opening in something solid: a hole in the ground, a hole in a sock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#m1)
2. An animal's home underground: a rabbit hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#m2)
3. In golf: the small hole you hit the ball into, or one part of a golf course. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#m3)
4. A weak part or mistake: a hole in a plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#m4)
5. Informal: an unpleasant place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: holes in clothes, in the road (potholes). In safety: watch out for holes when running in fields; don't climb into deep holes or old wells; cover holes you dig; ice with holes is dangerous. In science: animals live in holes (burrows); the ozone hole; black holes in space. In maths: a hole punch; shapes with holes. Phrases: dig a hole, a hole in, rabbit hole, black hole, pothole, keyhole, hole-in-one, in a hole (in trouble).

### Examples

- The dog dug a hole in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x1)
- There's a hole in my sock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x2)
- A rabbit popped out of its hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x3)
- Watch out for holes in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x4)
- The car hit a pothole in the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x5)
- A black hole pulls in even light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x6)
- She got a hole-in-one at mini golf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x7)
- Peep through the keyhole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x8)
- But the Mouse reached his hole in safety. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/#x9)

### Note

Countable: holes. Homophone: «whole» (all of something) sounds the same: «a hole in the whole cake». The w in «whole» is silent.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The priest's robe had an opening for the head, bound round so that it would not tear, as the Torah describes. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: holes in clothes, in the road (potholes). In safety: watch out for holes when running in fields; don't climb into deep holes or old wells; cover holes you dig; ice with holes is dangerous. In science: animals live in holes (burrows); the ozone hole; black holes in space. In maths: a hole punch; shapes with holes. Phrases: dig a hole, a hole in, rabbit hole, black hole, pothole, keyhole, hole-in-one, in a hole (in trouble).

### Examples

- and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent. (Torah EXO.39.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hole/#x1)
- In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks. (Writings JOB.30.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hole/#x2)
- My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. (Writings SNG.5.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hole/#x3)
- And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. (Prophets EZK.8.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hole/#x4)

### Note

Countable: holes. Homophone: «whole» (all of something) sounds the same: «a hole in the whole cake». The w in «whole» is silent.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hole/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hole.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «hole» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hole/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hole» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hole.html) on Mova free.