穴 — meaning in English

English meaning

• burrow verb To dig a tunnel or hole, typically as a home or hiding place.
• hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
• pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.
• punch noun A hit made with a closed fist.

Senses

穴 is used for these senses in English:

• burrow A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
• pit Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
• punch (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.

burrow — full definition

1. verb To dig a tunnel or hole, typically as a home or hiding place.
2. verb To push or nestle into something for warmth, comfort, or safety.
3. noun A tunnel or hole dug by an animal as a home.

hole — full definition

1. noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
2. noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
3. noun In golf, one of the numbered targets a player aims the ball into, or a full round segment of the course leading to it.

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