Hole

Kannada Meaning

English Meaning

1. A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit: dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.
2. An opening or perforation: a hole in the clouds; had a hole in the elbow of my sweater.
3. Sports An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.
4. A fault or flaw: There are holes in your argument.
5. A deep place in a body of water.
6. An animal's hollowed-out habitation, such as a burrow.
7. An ugly, squalid, or depressing dwelling.
8. A deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon.
9. An awkward situation; a predicament.
10. Sports The small pit lined with a cup into which a golf ball must be hit.
11. Sports One of the divisions of a golf course, from tee to cup.
12. Physics A vacant position in a crystal left by the absence of an electron, especially a position in a semiconductor that acts as a carrier of positive electric charge. Also called electron hole.
13. To put a hole in.
14. To put or propel into a hole.
15. To make a hole in something.
16. hole out Sports To hit a golf ball into the hole.
17. hole up To hibernate in or as if in a hole.
18. hole up Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout.
19. in the hole Having a score below zero.
20. in the hole In debt.
21. in the hole At a disadvantage.