"holey" meaning in English

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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English holy",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "holi"
      },
      "expansion": "holi",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "holly"
      },
      "expansion": "holly",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "holli",
        "t": "holey, spongy, hollow"
      },
      "expansion": "holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hole",
        "3": "y",
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      },
      "expansion": "hole + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "holy",
        "t": "hallowed, sacred"
      },
      "expansion": "holy (“hallowed, sacred”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English holy, holi, holly, holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”); equivalent to hole + -y. The e was inserted in Modern English to distinguish the word from holy (“hallowed, sacred”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "holey (comparative holier, superlative holiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bashkir terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "holey dollar"
        },
        {
          "word": "holeyness"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Fred loved holey Dutch cheese.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having, or being full of, holes."
      ],
      "id": "en-holey-en-adj-CTFPnbnt",
      "links": [
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "tişek",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "тишек"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dupčest",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "дупчест"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "trua"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "troué"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "löchrig"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "truala"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "uutukas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "pihangarua"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "puhangarua"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "watawata"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dziurawy"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dyrjávyj",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дыря́вый"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "ojoso"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "containing holes",
          "word": "hogik"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊl.li/",
      "note": "UK, wholly-holy split"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɒʊli]",
      "note": "UK, wholly-holy split"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɒʊɫ.li]",
      "note": "UK, wholly-holy split"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊli/",
      "note": "without wholly-holy split",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊli"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wholly"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "holy (in accents without the wholly-holy split)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holey"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "holey dollar"
    },
    {
      "word": "holeyness"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English holy",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "holi"
      },
      "expansion": "holi",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "holly"
      },
      "expansion": "holly",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "holli",
        "t": "holey, spongy, hollow"
      },
      "expansion": "holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hole",
        "3": "y",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
      "expansion": "hole + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "holy",
        "t": "hallowed, sacred"
      },
      "expansion": "holy (“hallowed, sacred”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English holy, holi, holly, holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”); equivalent to hole + -y. The e was inserted in Modern English to distinguish the word from holy (“hallowed, sacred”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "holey (comparative holier, superlative holiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bashkir terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊli",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊli/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Fred loved holey Dutch cheese.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having, or being full of, holes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊl.li/",
      "note": "UK, wholly-holy split"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɒʊli]",
      "note": "UK, wholly-holy split"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɒʊɫ.li]",
      "note": "UK, wholly-holy split"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊli/",
      "note": "without wholly-holy split",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊli"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wholly"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "holy (in accents without the wholly-holy split)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tişek",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "тишек"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dupčest",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "дупчест"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "trua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "troué"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "löchrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "truala"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "uutukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "pihangarua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "puhangarua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "watawata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dziurawy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dyrjávyj",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дыря́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "ojoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "containing holes",
      "word": "hogik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holey"
}