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hollow

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English

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 hollow on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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  • hallow
  • holler(nonstandard: dialectal, especially Southern US)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishholow,holowe,holwe,holwȝ,holgh, fromOld Englishholh(a hollow), fromProto-West Germanic*holh, fromProto-Germanic*hulhwą, perhaps fromProto-Indo-European*ḱólḱwos.(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?) Cognate withOld High Germanhuliwa andhulwa,Middle High Germanhülwe. Related tohole.

Noun

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hollow (pluralhollows)

  1. (geography) Asmallvalley betweenmountains.
    He built himself a cabin in ahollow high up in the Rockies.
  2. Asunken area on a surface.
    thehollow of the hand
  3. An unfilled space in something solid; acavity, natural or artificial.
    ahollow in a tree trunk
  4. (figuratively) Afeeling ofemptiness.
    ahollow in the pit of one’s stomach
Derived terms
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Translations
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small valley
sunken area
unfilled space in something solid; a cavitysee alsocavity,‎hole
feeling of emptiness

Verb

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hollow (third-person singular simple presenthollows,present participlehollowing,simple past and past participlehollowed)

  1. (transitive) to make a hole in something; toexcavate
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishholowe,holwe,holuȝ,holgh, from the noun (see above).

Adjective

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hollow (comparativehollower,superlativehollowest)

  1. (of something solid) Having anempty space orcavity inside.
    ahollow tree; ahollow sphere
  2. (of a sound)Distant,eerie;echoing,reverberating, as if in a hollow space;dull,muffled; oftenlow-pitched.
    He let out ahollow moan.
    • 1903,George Gordon Byron,On Leaving Newstead Abbey:
      Through thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle:
  3. (figuratively) Withoutsubstance; having no real or significantworth;meaningless.
    ahollow victory
  4. (figuratively)Insincere, devoid ofvalidity;specious.
    ahollow promise
  5. Concave;gaunt;sunken.
  6. (gymnastics) Pertaining tohollow body position
  7. (oenology)Synonym ofempty(lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish).
    • 2002, Robert M. Parker (Jr.), Pierre-Antoine Rovani,Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide (page 175)
      While most 1974s remain hard, tannic,hollow wines lacking ripeness, flesh, and character, a number of the Graves estates did produce surprisingly spicy, interesting wines.
Derived terms
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Translations
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having an empty space inside
echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
without substance

Adverb

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hollow (notcomparable)

  1. (colloquial)Completely,as part of the phrasebeat hollow orbeat all hollow.

Etymology 3

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Compareholler.

Verb

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hollow (third-person singular simple presenthollows,present participlehollowing,simple past and past participlehollowed)

  1. Tocall orurge byshouting; tohollo.

Interjection

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hollow

  1. Alternative form ofhollo.

References

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