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Definition hollow

Etymology 1

Middle English holow, earlier holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *holhwo-. Cognate with Old High German huliwa and hulwa, Middle High German hülwe. Perhaps related to hole.

Noun

hollow (plural hollows)

1. A small valley between mountains.
2. A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
3. (US) A sunken area.
4. (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
5. An exercise in which one lies on one's back with legs and head in the air and arms in the air extended above the head ([1])

Verb

hollow (third-person singular simple present hollows, present participle hollowing, simple past and past participle hollowed)

1. (transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate

Etymology 2

From Middle English holw, holeh.

Adjective

hollow (comparative hollower, superlative hollowest)

1. (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
2. (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
3. (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
4. (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
5. concave; gaunt; sunken.
6. (gymnastics) pertaining to hollow body position

Adverb

hollow (not comparable)

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

Etymology 3

Compare holler.

Verb

hollow (third-person singular simple present hollows, present participle hollowing, simple past and past participle hollowed)

1. To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.

Interjection

hollow

1. Alternative form of hollo

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