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HOLEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holey mean?
• HOLEY (adjective)
The adjective HOLEY has 1 sense:
1. allowing passage in and out
Familiarity information: HOLEY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allowing passage in and out
Synonyms:
holey; porous
Context example:
our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous
Similar:
leaky (permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases)
Derivation:
hole (an opening into or through something)
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