holing
present participle ofhole
hole
verb[T]
sailingspecializeduk/həʊl/us/hoʊl/to make a hole in something,especiallyashiporboat:
Atorpedoholed theshipbelow thewaterand itquicklysank.
Making holes in things
- bore
- borer
- breach
- dent
- drill
- gouge
- hole
- perforate
- perforated
- pierce
- piercing
- prick
- probe
- punch
- puncture
- rebore
- redrill
- riddle
- undrilled
Idiom
be holed up
Phrasal verb
hole up (somewhere)
Examplesofholing
holing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Speeches today have been larded with references to fragile ships, fair winds, safe passages and evenholingbelow the waterline.
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Anybody can go down a mine and watch a man working a coal cutter and then take to himself the credit ofholingthe coal.
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They can go straight in and the coal can be got out by dayholingmethods.
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They were notholingin one.
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Choi then spends the next three years in seclusion, drinking andholinghimself up in his apartment.
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