holed

as inopen
as inperforate
as insnag
as indisrupt

Synonyms for holed

verb clear, expose; spread

Antonyms for holed

Word Origin & History

Old English hol "orifice, hollow place, cave, perforation," from Proto-Germanic *hul (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German hol, Middle Dutch hool, Old Norse holr, German hohl "hollow," Gothic us-hulon "to hollow out"), from PIE root *kel- (see cell).

As a contemptuous word for "small dingy lodging or abode" it is attested from 1610s. Meaning "a fix, scrape, mess" is from 1760. Obscene slang use for "vulva" is implied from mid-14c. Hole in the wall "small and unpretentious place" is from 1822; to hole up first recorded 1875. To need (something) like a hole in the head, applied to something useless or detrimental, first recorded 1944 in entertainment publications, probably a translation of a Yiddish expression, cf. ich darf es vi a loch in kop.

Example Sentences for holed

It wa'n't good for him to be holed up out there in them hills all his life.

I should say it would be safe to assume the Waernu are holed up in Michaels' home.

This mythical Wells gang could have been holed up in the city, too, you know.

A, who was in well-deserved trouble all the way, holed out in ten.

He holed up one day, until it really hit him that he couldn't get any more.

Seventy per cent of the ship's sealed off, and we've been holed in a dozen places.

Now they are holed up in their strongholds, waiting developments.

There the turf was smooth as velveteen, padded and holed by the rabbits.

Here's our storm at last, and lucky it is that we're holed up so well.

In another place was a holed frying-pan and a battered kettle.