hole

1 عمومی:: گودال‌، سوراخ‌، حفره‌، سوراخ، نقب‌، لانه‌ خرگوش‌ و امثال‌ ان‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 civil engineering construction:: حفره

واژگان شبکه مترجمین ایران

2 general::   noun ADJ. big, deep, gaping, great, huge, large, massive, yawning | small, tiny | circular, round | jagged, ragged The missile had torn a jagged hole in the side of the ship. | neat | bullet The wall was full of bullet holes. | mouse, rabbit, etc. VERB + HOLE bore, break, cut, dig, drill, make, punch, tear, wear We dug a deep hole to bury the animals in. She punched two holes in each sheet of paper. He had worn a hole in the knees of his trousers. | fill (in), plug I uprooted the tree and filled the hole with earth. We used cement to plug the holes. PREP. down a/the ~ The snake disappeared down a hole. | in a/the ~ There was water in the hole. | through a/the ~ We climbed through the hole. | ~ in I used a skewer to make an extra hole in my belt. PHRASES full of holes The old blankets were now full of holes. | riddled with holes The car was riddled with bullet holes.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: noun opening: I had a hole in my sock.

Simple Definitions

4 general:: hole an empty space in the surface of something, which sometimes goes all the way through it: • A fox had dug a hole under our fence. • Rain was coming in through a hole in the roof. space an empty area between two things, into which you can put something: • Are there any empty spaces on the bookshelf? • a parking space gap an empty area between two things or two parts of something, especially one that should not be there: • He has a gap between his two front teeth. • I squeezed through a gap in the hedge. opening a hole that something can pass through or that you can see through, especially at the entrance of something: • The train disappeared into the dark opening of the tunnel. • I looked through the narrow opening in the wall. leak a small hole where something has been damaged or broken that lets liquid or gas flow in or out: • a leak in the pipe • The plumber's coming to repair the leak. puncture especially British English a small hole in a tyre through which air escapes: • My bike's got a puncture. crack a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something: • The snake slid into a crack in the rock. • She was peering through the crack in the curtains. slot a straight narrow hole that you put a particular type of object into: • You have to put a coin in the slot before you dial the number. • A small disk fits into a slot in the camera. crater a round hole in the ground made by an explosion or by a large object hitting it hard: • a volcanic crater • The meteor left a crater over five miles wide. • the craters on the moon to make a hole in something make a hole in something to cause a hole to appear in something: • Make a hole in the bottom of the can using a hammer and nail. pierce to make a small hole in or through something, using a pointed object: • The dog's teeth had pierced her skin. • Shelley wanted to have her ears pierced (= for earrings ) . prick to make a very small hole in the surface of something, using a pointed object: • Prick the potatoes before baking them. • My finger was bleeding where the needle had pricked it. punch to make a hole through paper or flat material using a metal tool or other sharp object: • I bought one of those things for punching holes in paper. • You have to get your ticket punched before you get on the train. puncture to make a small hole in something, especially something where skin or a wall surrounds a softer or hollow inside part: • The bullet had punctured his lung. perforate formal to make a hole or holes in something: • Fragments of the bullet had perforated his intestines. drill to make a hole using a special tool, often one which turns round and round very quickly: • The dentist started drilling a hole in my tooth. • They won a contract to drill for oil in the area. bore to make a deep round hole through a rock, into the ground etc: • They had to bore through solid rock. • The men were boring a hole for the tunnel.

Longman-Thesaurus

5 general:: hole up ( somewhere ) informal to stay in a safe place, often as a way of escape • We'd better find some shelter and hole up until the storm passes.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

6 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with HOLE, Also see ACE IN THE HOLE; BLACK HOLE; IN A BIND (HOLE); IN THE HOLE; MONEY BURNS A HOLE IN ONE'S POCKET; NEED LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD; PICK HOLES IN; SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE.

American Heritage Idioms