hole
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6.0
- noun
- /hoʊl/
:
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- Another commented that the embarrassment left her wanting to "curl up in a hole and disappear."
- full of holes
- poke holes in
- leave gaping holes
It will never fix that hole from that loss.
- It will never fix that hole from that loss.
- And I kept on going deeper in the hole and I died.
- It still didn't like, it didn't fill the, the hole that I was feeling.
- But many are trying to fill this hole with external achievement.
- They fill a very specific hole in my heart,
- Can we find things to fill in that gap, that hole inside of us?
- Just don't go down that Bunny hole please.
Examples
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Feel like I've dug myself into a hole little by little.
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There is a real hole in our system.
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Like nothing could fill the hole in his heart.
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You are leaving a hole in our lives that can never be filled.
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And how will you prepare for the massive hole in your life emotionally?
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But many are trying to fill this hole with external achievement.
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"All along there has been one gaping hole in this case," he began.
Fiction book (1990) -
But that's where I see the hole in the logic.
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For six months, I've been pouring money down a bottomless hole.
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There is a significant hole in our understanding of the issue.
Synonyms
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1.0
A situation in which things are untidy and confused
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6.0
A difficult situation that is hard to change
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6.1
A difficult situation that is hard to escape or fix
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6.0
A difficult situation that is hard to get out of
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5.0
A confused, disorganized situation where things are not in order
2
8.6
A difficult situation that causes trouble
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
162
5.1
An area of space with gravity so strong that not even light can escape it
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5.5
A thing, like a failing project, that uses a lot of time or money and gives nothing back
5
4.9
A small hidden restaurant or cafe that looks simple but serves very good food
- Specialized
4
4.6
A thin area high above the Earth near the poles where a protective gas becomes very low
- UK
1
8.5
A hollow in the ground that forms when buried ice melts and is often filled with water
- Specialized
1
8.6
A hole that workers drill in rock or earth to hold explosives for blasting
- Specialized
1
4.9
An opening in the top of an instrument with strings, like a guitar, that makes its sound louder
- Jargon
1
8.6
A website that attackers secretly change to infect visitors' computers or steal passwords
A small prison cell in Fort William, Calcutta, where many British prisoners died overnight in 1756
- Specialized
A hole on a wind instrument like a flute covered or uncovered by your finger to change the note
- Archaic
A hole in the mast platform that lets a sailor climb through from inside the rigging
- UK
A hole in the ground where water goes underground into caves, often in limestone
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hole comes from the old German hol meaning 'hollow' or 'empty place', and people use this image for a gap or fault in a plan or idea. So a hole in an argument is a missing or weak part that can make the idea fail.