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Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.
Josh Groban

Meaning of "hole up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOLE UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOLE UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hole up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hole up in English.

WHAT DOES HOLE UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hole up in the English dictionary

The definition of hole up in the dictionary is to hibernate, esp in a cave. Other definition of hole up is to hide or remain secluded.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOLE UP

PRESENT

Present
I hole up
you hole up
he/she/it holes up
we hole up
you hole up
they hole up
Present continuous
I am holing up
you are holing up
he/she/it is holing up
we are holing up
you are holing up
they are holing up
Present perfect
I have holed up
you have holed up
he/she/it has holed up
we have holed up
you have holed up
they have holed up
Present perfect continuous
I have been holing up
you have been holing up
he/she/it has been holing up
we have been holing up
you have been holing up
they have been holing up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I holed up
you holed up
he/she/it holed up
we holed up
you holed up
they holed up
Past continuous
I was holing up
you were holing up
he/she/it was holing up
we were holing up
you were holing up
they were holing up
Past perfect
I had holed up
you had holed up
he/she/it had holed up
we had holed up
you had holed up
they had holed up
Past perfect continuous
I had been holing up
you had been holing up
he/she/it had been holing up
we had been holing up
you had been holing up
they had been holing up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hole up
you will hole up
he/she/it will hole up
we will hole up
you will hole up
they will hole up
Future continuous
I will be holing up
you will be holing up
he/she/it will be holing up
we will be holing up
you will be holing up
they will be holing up
Future perfect
I will have holed up
you will have holed up
he/she/it will have holed up
we will have holed up
you will have holed up
they will have holed up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been holing up
you will have been holing up
he/she/it will have been holing up
we will have been holing up
you will have been holing up
they will have been holing up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hole up
you would hole up
he/she/it would hole up
we would hole up
you would hole up
they would hole up
Conditional continuous
I would be holing up
you would be holing up
he/she/it would be holing up
we would be holing up
you would be holing up
they would be holing up
Conditional perfect
I would have hole up
you would have hole up
he/she/it would have hole up
we would have hole up
you would have hole up
they would have hole up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been holing up
you would have been holing up
he/she/it would have been holing up
we would have been holing up
you would have been holing up
they would have been holing up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hole up
we let´s hole up
you hole up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hole up
Past participle
holed up
Present Participle
holing up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOLE UP

holding operation
holding paddock
holding pattern
holding thumbs
holdout
holdover
hole
hole in one
hole in the heart
hole in the wall
hole-and-corner
hole-in-the-heart
holeless
holey
Holi
holibut
holiday
holiday camp
holiday clothes
holiday cottage

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOLE UP

be made up
bottle up
bundle up
come up
double up
give up
have up
hustle up
lace up
live up
pile up
rustle up
shake up
size up
take up
tie up
tune up
use up
whistle up
write up

Synonyms and antonyms of hole up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOLE UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hole up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hole up

Translation of «hole up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOLE UP

Find out the translation of hole up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hole up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hole up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

龟缩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esconderse
570 millions of speakers

English

hole up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छेद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حفرة تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скрываются
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

buraco até
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্যন্ত গর্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

terrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lubang ke atas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verkriechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アップ正孔
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최대 잡아야 지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bolongan munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗ lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துளை வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भोक अप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Delmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buco up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaszyć się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ховаються
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gaura în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρύπα μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gat tot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hål upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hullet opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hole up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLE UP»

The term «hole up» is regularly used and occupies the 69.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLE UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hole up

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3 QUOTES WITH «HOLE UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hole up.
1
Josh Groban
Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.
2
Dustin Lynch
I would hole up in my bedroom growing up and teach myself guitar.
3
Jenny Offill
Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLE UP»

Discover the use of hole up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hole up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Down the Hole
When they came to take the fair-skinned Aboriginal children away, they didn't always find them. Those kids were Down the hole, up the tree, across the sandhills...running from the State and Daisy Bates. This is a true story!
Edna Tantjingu Williams, Eileen Wani Wingfield, 2000
2
Wake Up to Your (W)hole Life: Make Sense of Your Life, Now
Map another (w)hole up to the point you are able to. Then map another (w)hole! Trust that as you create motion, all your (w)holes will begin to spiral themselves until there is a cascade into (W)holeness. ' Stay in the middle of the (w)hole being  ...
Alaya Chadwick, 2010
3
Geotechnics of Waste Fills: Theory and Practice
The Cross-Hole, Up- or Down-Hole and Refraction Wave Propagation methods are briefly described in the following: Cross-Hole Wave Propagation Method: This method measures the velocities of compression and shear waves propagating ...
Arvid Landva, G. David Knowles, 1990
4
Football's Blackest Hole: A Fan's Perspective
At the 21, Garner hits a huge hole up the middle, adjusts left while guard Frank Middleton takes out two defenders by himself, jukes those little quick steps in rapid succession while continuing up field to the 34 — first down. "I pride myself on ...
Craig Parker, 2003
5
Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
Associated Press (2/23/2011) Gingrich, who suffered through his own bouts of scandal earlier in his career, said Cain needed to hole up somewhere and figure his way out of this mess. —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (11/2/2011) ...
Peter Bengelsdorf
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US army 21-76 survival manual:
Once in the hide site, restrict all movement to less than 45 centimeters above the ground. Do not build fires or prepare food. Smoke and food odors will reveal your location. Before leaving the hide site, sterilize it to prevent tracking. Hole-Up ...
US ARmy, 2014
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
▻phrasa/ verb hole up {somewhere) informal to stay in a safe place, often as a way of escape: We 'd better find some shelter and hole up until the storm passes. ,hole in the heart noun [C] a medical condition in which there is an additional ...
‎2008
8
Hot Rod Small Block Mopar Engines HP1405
Each head has a drilled hole up from the deck surface to the rocker stand or pedestal. Only the #2 pedestal has the oil hole in each head. This makes it the second stand from the front on the left side (bank) and the second from the rear on the ...
Larry Shepard, 2003
9
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[First half of 1800s] hole up Take refuge or shelter, hide, as in I spent most ofthe cruise holed up in my cabin. This usage alludes to animals hibernating in winter or hiding from attack in caves or holes. [Late 1800s] holiday 0 See BUsMAN's ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
10
Object-oriented Data Structures Using Java
(b) Move hole up heap (c) Move hole up (d) Place element into hole Figure 9.5 The reheapUp operation in action parent node. If the parent's value is smaller, we cannot place element into the current hole, because the order property would be  ...
Nell B. Dale, Daniel T. Joyce, Chip Weems, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLE UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hole up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jobsite Theater's 'Occupation' falls short of revolutionary | TBO.com …
And unlike “Red Dawn,” where the U.S. resistance forces are patriotic freedom fighters, the 3,000 people who hole up in a Florida swamp after ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»
2
Timing can be everything | HeraldTribune.com
When the water temperatures become uncomfortably hot or cold, most fish will hole up deep where the ambient temperatures are more stable. «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Movie Review: Minions - Reel Life With Jane
But when they find themselves without someone to serve, they fall into a deep depression and hole up in a frigid ice cave in the middle of ... «Reel Life With Jane, Jul 15»
4
Emotionally Cheated On By Your Partner? 7 Steps To Take … - Bustle
It's easy to hole up and do destructive things when we feel down, but cutting yourself off from the little joys of the world will only make you feel worse. Positive ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
5
REVIEW | 'Stung' leaves you just that - Queen Anne & Magnolia News
When the five remaining party attendants hole up in the basement of the mansion, it becomes “Night of the Living Wasps.” The mini wasps lay ... «Queen Anne News, Jul 15»
6
10 Sequels That Were Better Than The Original
When a motley crew of survivors hole up in an abandoned shopping mall, the suspense and gore both climb to absolutely shocking levels. «IFC, Jul 15»
7
Rapids grad hangs up ice skates for a set of golf clubs - Daily Tribune
A steady, slow moving rain storm delayed the action at Bull's Eye, forcing golfers to hole up in the clubhouse for several hours. When course ... «Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Warmed ocean to hit salmon returns for years - Langley Times
Patterson said the biggest problem is often that low flows and hot water force salmon to hole up in unsuitable areas, and if they wait too long, ... «Langley Times, Jul 15»
9
St. George's university has the right name
The name of that hateful ball team in the Bronx has to go. The fishing hole up by Parowan , scandalously called Yankee Meadow Reservoir, ... «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jul 15»
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The Open 2015: Can Dustin Johnson finally finish a major job …
I don't know how it [the ball] stayed where it did, above the hole up there. “Unfortunately it stayed there, and it was just a tough putt. I was trying ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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