hole
part of speech
noun (a hole, holes); verb (hole, holes, holed — to make a hole; hole up — to hide)
meaning for a pupil
1) An empty space or opening in something solid: a hole in the ground, a hole in a sock. tree →
2) An animal's home underground: a rabbit hole. tree →
3) In golf: the small hole you hit the ball into, or one part of a golf course. tree →
4) A weak part or mistake: a hole in a plan. tree →
5) Informal: an unpleasant place. tree →
sense in the lessons
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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- The dog dug a hole in the garden. tree →
- There's a hole in my sock. tree →
- A rabbit popped out of its hole. tree →
- Watch out for holes in the field. tree →
- The car hit a pothole in the road. tree →
- A black hole pulls in even light. tree →
- She got a hole-in-one at mini golf. tree →
- Peep through the keyhole. tree →
- But the Mouse reached his hole in safety. tree →
note
Countable: holes. Homophone: «whole» (all of something) sounds the same: «a hole in the whole cake». The w in «whole» is silent.
In the corpora
- And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
- In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
- My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him.
- Dentists check teeth every six months to a year to catch small problems, like holes, before they hurt.
- Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hole» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.