Sekirov Dictionary

hollow

UK /ˈhɒləʊ/US /ˈhɑloʊ/

adjective 7
noun 4
adverb 1
verb 2
forms 6
phrases 3

adjective7

with nothing but air inside, so that the middle is not solid
(figurative) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
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(figurative) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- "Hey, if anything happens to that, my ass is grass," Y.T. says. She's trying to sound tough and brave, but it's a hollow act in these circumstances. — 2011
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Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
- He let out a hollow moan.
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Concave; gaunt; sunken.
- To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow — 1596
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Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).
- 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. — 2002
Pertaining to hollow body position

noun4

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A small valley between mountains.
- He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
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A sunken area on a surface.
- He held the chick in the hollow of his hand.
An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
(figurative) A feeling of emptiness.

adverb1

(informal) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

verb2

to make a hole in something; to excavate
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To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
- This made Jill pout, And she ran out, And Jack did quickly follow, They rode dog Ball, Jill got a fall How Jack did laugh and hollow. — 1810

forms

hollowed · hollowing · holloweth · hollows · hollower · hollowest

Phrases with hollow

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