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)
- To make holes in (an object or surface).
- Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
- To destroy.
- She completely holed the argument.
- 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
- Good master Picklock, with your worming brain,
- 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
- To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
- to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
Adjective
holed (comparative more holed, superlative most holed)
- 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
| comparative | more holed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most holed |
Words formed from holed
Phrases with holed
Words that rhyme with holed
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
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: holed (page history and authors); hole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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