| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An opening, especially in a solid structure: breach, break, gap, perforation, rupture. See OPEN. 2. A place used as an animal's dwelling: burrow, den, lair. See PROTECTION. 3. A space in an otherwise solid mass: cavity, hollow, pocket, vacuity, void. See CONVEX. 4. An open space allowing passage: aperture, mouth, opening, orifice, outlet, vent. See OPEN. 5. An ugly, squalid dwelling: hovel, hut, shack, shanty. See GOOD, RICH. 6. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition: box1, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight1, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble. Informal : bind, pickle, spot. See EASY. | | VERB: | To make a hole or other opening in: breach, break (through), gap, perforate, pierce, puncture. See OPEN. | | PHRASAL VERB: | hole up Informal. To shut oneself up in secrecy: hide out. Idioms: go underground, lay (or lie) low. See SHOW.
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