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holed

UK/həʊld/US/hoʊld/

holed is the simple past and past participle of hole.

Meaning of hole

Verb

hole (third-person singular simple present holes, present participle holing, simple past and past participle holed)

  1. (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
    • Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To destroy.
    • She completely holed the argument.
  3. (intransitive) To go into a hole.
    • Good master Picklock, with your worming brain,
      And wriggling engine-head of maintenance,
      Which I shall see you hole with very shortly!
      A fine round head, when those two lugs are off,
      To trundle through a pillory!1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News, act IV, scene ii
  4. (transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
    • 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
  5. (transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
    • to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars

See all 28 meanings of hole

Adjective

holed (comparative more holed, superlative most holed)

  1. Having one or more holes.
    • Gruyère is an ancient castle and its attendant farms and houses of artisans on a conical hill amid a plain of lush pastures that still enrich the local, holed cheese.1971, Donald Cowie, Switzerland: the land and the people, A. S. Barnes, page 87
    • Take a holed stone, find a stick that fits tightly through the hole, and lodge it firmly inside.1983, Scott Cunningham, Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 135

Forms of holed

comparativemore holed
superlativemost holed

Words formed from holed

Phrases with holed

Words that rhyme with holed

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Questions about holed

What does holed mean?
Holed means having one or more holes.
What is holed the simple past and past participle of?
Holed is the simple past and past participle of hole.
What part of speech is holed?
Holed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce holed?
Holed is pronounced /hoʊld/ (US).

Words near holed in the dictionary

  1. holeable
  2. Holec
  3. Holecek
  4. Holeceks
  5. Holechek
  6. holed
  7. holed out
  8. holed up
  9. holeful
  10. holefuls
  11. holei

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