hole up

Definition of Hole Up in English :

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Verb

1. hole up

remain secluded or in hiding

Example Sentences:
'He is writing his book and is holing up in his study'

2. hole up

score a hole in one

3. hibernate, hole up

sleep during winter

Example Sentences:
'Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves'

hibernate

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hole Up

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verb (intr, adverb)

1.

(of an animal) to hibernate, esp in a cave

2. informal

to hide or remain secluded

Hole Up

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1.

to hibernate, usually in a hole

2.

to shut oneself in

3.

to hide out

Hole Up

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n.

1. A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit: dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.

2.

a. An opening or perforation: a hole in the clouds; had a hole in the elbow of my sweater.

b. Sports An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.

c. A fault or flaw: There are holes in your argument.

3. A deep place in a body of water.

4. An animal's hollowed-out habitation, such as a burrow.

5. An ugly, squalid, or depressing dwelling.

6. A deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon.

7. An awkward situation; a predicament.

8. Sports

a. The small pit lined with a cup into which a golf ball must be hit.

b. One of the divisions of a golf course, from tee to cup.

9. Physics A vacant position in an atom left by the absence of a valence electron, especially a position in a semiconductor that acts as a carrier of positive electric charge. Also called electron hole.

v. holed, hol·ing, holes

v.tr.

1. To put a hole in.

2. To put or propel into a hole.

v.intr.

To make a hole in something.

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