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hole

/həʊl/
noun

  1. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.

    "There’s a hole in my shoe.  Her stocking has a hole in it."

  2. (heading) In games.

  3. An excavation pit or trench.

SynonymsSCU, SHU, ad-seg, administrative segregation, block, box
verb

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

    "Shrapnel holed the ship's hull."

  2. (by extension) To destroy.

    "She completely holed the argument."

  3. To go into a hole.

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