HOLE


Meaning of HOLE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , deep , gaping , great , huge , large , massive , yawning

▪ small , tiny

▪ circular , round

▪ jagged , ragged

The missile had torn a jagged ~ in the side of the ship.

▪ bullet , drill , screw

The wall was full of bullet ~s.

▪ drainage

▪ mouse , rabbit , etc.

VERB + HOLE

▪ bore , create , cut , dig , drill , make , punch , wear

We dug a deep ~ to bury the animals in.

She punched two ~s in each sheet of paper.

He had worn a ~ in the knees of his jeans.

▪ blast , blow , break , burn , rip , tear

▪ fill , fill in , patch , plug

I uprooted the tree and filled the ~ with earth.

We used cement to plug the ~s.

PREPOSITION

▪ down a/the ~

The snake disappeared down a ~.

▪ in a/the ~

There was water in the ~.

▪ through a/the ~

We climbed through the ~.

▪ ~ in

I made an extra ~ in my belt.

PHRASES

▪ full of ~s

The old blankets were now full of ~s.

▪ riddled with ~s

The car was riddled with bullet ~s.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .