plural of hole
"The old tennis court is full of holes from years of rain and neglect."
In plain English: Holes are empty spaces where something is missing or has been taken out.
"The old tennis ball has a few holes in it, so I need to throw it away."
Usage: Use "holes" to describe more than one opening or cavity in an object, surface, or material. It functions strictly as the plural form of "hole" and should not be used with singular verbs or adjectives.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hole
"She holes up in the basement during every thunderstorm."
In plain English: To hole means to hide away somewhere safe, usually by going into a small space or under something.
"The storm holes in the roof with hailstones."
Usage: Holes is not used as a standard verb in modern English; instead, use the third-person singular form "holes" only when referring to the noun, such as "The ball holes into the cup." To describe the action of making a hole, say that someone "holes up" somewhere or simply uses the verb "to hole" for animals seeking shelter.
A surname.
"After leaving the garden hose running all night, I had to shovel out a dozen deep holes from where it eroded the soft soil."
plural of Hole
The word holes is a variant spelling of the common English term meaning an opening or cavity. It may also be borrowed from the Slovak and Czech words holeš, which refer to a hollow place or depression in the ground.