[həʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hollow place in a solid body or surface
(e.g: the dog had dug a hole in the ground)

- a place or position that needs to be filled because someone or something is no longer there
(e.g: she is missed terribly and her death has left a hole in all our lives)

- an unpleasant place
(e.g: she had wasted a whole lifetime in this hole of a town)


Phrases:
- blow a hole in
- in holes
- in the hole
- make a hole in
- need something like a hole in the head

Origin:
Old English hol (noun), holian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hol (noun) ‘cave’, (adjective) ‘hollow’, and German hohl ‘hollow’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover, conceal’

[həʊl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a hole or holes in
(e.g: a fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started)

- hit (the ball) into a hole
(e.g: George holed a six-iron shot from the fairway)


Phrases:
- blow a hole in
- in holes
- in the hole
- make a hole in
- need something like a hole in the head

Origin:
Old English hol (noun), holian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hol (noun) ‘cave’, (adjective) ‘hollow’, and German hohl ‘hollow’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover, conceal’