HOLLOW
\hˈɒlə͡ʊ], \hˈɒləʊ], \h_ˈɒ_l_əʊ]\
Definitions of HOLLOW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
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deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"
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a depression hollowed out of solid matter
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a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
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a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
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as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
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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"
By Princeton University
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remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
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deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"
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a depression hollowed out of solid matter
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a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
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a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
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as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
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To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
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To shout; to hollo.
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To urge or call by shouting.
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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.
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Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
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Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
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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.
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Wholly; completely; utterly; - chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.
By Oddity Software
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A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
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To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
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To shout; to hollo.
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To urge or call by shouting.
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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.
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Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
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Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
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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.
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Wholly; completely; utterly; - chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.
By Noah Webster.
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A cavity; pit; groove; space between hills or elevations.
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To make hollow.
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Having an empty space within; opposite to solid; sunken; superficial; unreal; insincere; deep or low; used of sound.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make hollow.
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Containing an empty space; vacant; not solid; sunken; deep; not sincere; not sound; complete; utter.
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A cavity; a depression; a cave; a den; a hole; a groove; a channel.
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To make hollow, as by digging; to excavate.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Vacant: not solid: containing an empty space: sunken: unsound: insincere.
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A hole: a cavity: any depression in a body: any vacuity: a groove: a channel.
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To make a hole in: to make hollow by digging: to excavate.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make or become hollow.
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Having a cavity, as a tube, jar, or the like.
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Empty; vacant; sounding like the reverberation from an empty vessel or cavity; deep; murmuring.
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A depression or opening; an enclosed cavity.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Having an empty space within; not solid; deep; not sincere or faithful; not real; false.
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Any depression of surface; a cavity; a pit; a groove.
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To dig or scoop out; to excavate.
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Without difficulty, as he carries it hollow; without a chance of success, or beyond a doubt, as he was beaten hollow.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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