noun

a hollow place in a solid body or surface.

the dog had dug a hole in the ground

pit,ditch,trench,cavity,crater,depression,hollow,well,borehole,excavation,shaft,mineshaft,dugout,cave,cavern,pothole,chamber,gorge,chasm,canyon,ravine

verb

make a hole or holes in.

a fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

puncture,make a hole in,perforate,pierce,penetrate,rupture,spike,stab,split,slit,rent,lacerate,gash,gore