Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hole
Participle: holed
Gerund: holing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hole |
| you | hole |
| he;she;it | holes |
| we | hole |
| you | hole |
| they | hole |
Perfect
| I | have holed |
| you | have holed |
| he;she;it | has holed |
| we | have holed |
| you | have holed |
| they | have holed |
Past
| I | holed |
| you | holed |
| he;she;it | holed |
| we | holed |
| you | holed |
| they | holed |
Pluperfect
| I | had holed |
| you | had holed |
| he;she;it | had holed |
| we | had holed |
| you | had holed |
| they | had holed |
Future
| I | will hole |
| you | will hole |
| he;she;it | will hole |
| we | will hole |
| you | will hole |
| they | will hole |
Future Perfect
| I | will have holed |
| you | will have holed |
| he;she;it | will have holed |
| we | will have holed |
| you | will have holed |
| they | will have holed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hole |
| you | hole |
| he;she;it | hole |
| we | hole |
| you | hole |
| they | hole |
Perfect
| I | have holed |
| you | have holed |
| he;she;it | have holed |
| we | have holed |
| you | have holed |
| they | have holed |
Imperfect
| I | holed |
| you | holed |
| he;she;it | holed |
| we | holed |
| you | holed |
| they | holed |
Pluperfect
| I | had holed |
| you | had holed |
| he;she;it | had holed |
| we | had holed |
| you | had holed |
| they | had holed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hole |
| you | would hole |
| he;she;it | would hole |
| we | would hole |
| you | would hole |
| they | would hole |
Perfect
| I | would have holed |
| you | would have holed |
| he;she;it | would have holed |
| we | would have holed |
| you | would have holed |
| they | would have holed |
Imperative
| you | hole |
| we | Let's hole |
| you | hole |
Verbs conjugated like 'hole'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hole'
dole,
hale,
hele,
hile,
hode,
hoe,
hoke,
hold,
holk,
home,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. hol "orifice, hollow place," from P.Gmc. *khulaz (cf. O.Fris., O.H.G. hol, M.Du. hool, O.N. holr, Ger. hohl "hollow," Goth. us-hulon "to hollow out"), from PIE base *kel- (see cell). As a contemptuous word for "small dingy lodging or abode" it is attested from 1616. Meaning "a fix, scrape, mess" is from 1760. Obscene slang use for "vulva" is implied from 1340. Hole in the wall "small and unpretentious place" is from 1822; to hole up first recorded 1875. To need (something) like a hole in the head, applied to something useless, first recorded 1951, ptobably a transl. of a Yiddish expression, cf. ich darf es vi a loch in kop.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Germanic *hulaz
4. Proto-Germanic *hulą
5. Proto-West Germanic *hol
6. Old English hol
7. Middle English hole
8. English hole
9. Inherited from Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”), noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”), which is of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to hollow.
10. Cognate with Dutch, Faroese, and Icelandic hol (“hole”), Danish hul (“hole”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norn hola (“hole”), Norwegian Bokmål hol (“depression, hole, cavern”), Swedish hål (“hole”), French houle (“swell of water”). Compare unrelated Finnish kolo (“hole”).
Sample Sentences
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Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
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She completely holed the argument.
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Good master Picklock, with your worming brain,
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And wriggling engine-head of maintenance,
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Which I shall see you hole with very shortly!
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A fine round head, when those two lugs are off,
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To trundle through a pillory! [1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News, act IV, scene ii:]
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If the player holes the red ball, he scores three, and upon holing his adversary's ball, he gains two; and thus it frequently happens, that seven are got upon a single stroke, by caramboling and holing both balls. [1799, Sporting Magazine, volume 13, page 49:]
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Woods holed a standard three foot putt
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to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars