A hollow place or cavity in any solid body, of any shape or dimensions, natural or artificial. It may differ from a rent or fissure in being wider. A cell; a den; a cave or cavern in the earth; an excavation in a rock or tree; a pitIsaiah 11:8; Ezekiel 8:7; Nahum 2:12; Matthew 8:20.

A perforation; an aperture; an opening in or through a solid body, left in the work or made by an instrument. Jehoida took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it. 2 Kings 12:9.

A mean habitation; a narrow or dark lodging.

An opening or means of escape; a subterfuge; in the vulgar phrase, he has a hole to creep out at. Arm-hole, the arm-pit; the cavity under the shoulder of a person.

An opening in a garment for the arm.

To go into a hole.

To cut, dig or make a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.

To drive into a bag, as in billiards.