Hollow

['hɒləʊ] or ['hɑlo]

Definition

(noun.) a small valley between mountains; 'he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians'.

(noun.) a cavity or space in something; 'hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks'.

(verb.) remove the interior of; 'hollow out a tree trunk'.

(adj.) as if echoing in a hollow space; 'the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom' .

(adj.) not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; 'a hollow wall'; 'a hollow tree'; 'hollow cheeks'; 'his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year' .

Inputed by Donald--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.

(a.) Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

(a.) Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.

(a.) Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.

(n.) A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.

(n.) A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.

(v. t.) To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.

(adv.) Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.

(interj.) Hollo.

(v. i.) To shout; to hollo.

(v. t.) To urge or call by shouting.

Editor: Ozzie

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Vacant, empty, void, cavernous, not solid.[2]. Insincere, treacherous, false, faithless, hypocritical, pharisaical, deceitful, false-hearted, hollow-hearted.[3]. Deep, low, rumbling.

n. [1]. Depression, low spot, low place.[2]. Cavity, concavity, depression, excavation, hole, cave, cavern, dent, dint, dimple, pit.[3]. Groove, channel, canal.

v. a. Excavate, scoop.

ad. [Low.] Wholly, completely, utterly.

Edited by Augustus

Definition

adj. vacant: not solid: containing an empty space: sunken: unsound: insincere.—n. a hole: a cavity: any depression in a body: any vacuity: a groove: a channel.—v.t. to make a hole in: to make hollow by digging: to excavate.—adv. completely: clean.—adjs. Holl′ow-eyed having sunken eyes; Holl′ow-heart′ed having a hollow or untrue heart: faithless: treacherous.—adv. Holl′owly (Shak.) in a hollow or insincere manner.—ns. Holl′owness the state of being hollow: cavity: insincerity: treachery; Holl′ow-ware trade name for hollow articles of iron as pots and kettles.—Beat hollow to beat wholly.

Inputed by Dan

Examples

Edited by Diana

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