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Definition of hollow

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Hollow Hol"low, n. 1. 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. 2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. --Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. --Tennyson.
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Hollow Hol"low, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. Hole.] 1. 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. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii. 8. 2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak. 3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden. 4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton. Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel. Hollow square. See Square. Hollow ware, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc. Syn: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
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Hollow Hol"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.] To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. ``Trees rudely hollowed.' --Dryden.
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Hollow Hol"low, 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. [Collog.] The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. --Darwin.
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Hollow Hol*low", interj. [See Hollo.] Hollo.
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Hollow Hol"low, v. i. To shout; to hollo. Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. --Fuller.
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Hollow Hol"low, v. t. To urge or call by shouting. He has hollowed the hounds. --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of hollow from wikipedia

- hollow may refer to: a low, wooded area, such as a copse a term meaning a small vee-shaped riverine type of valley tree hollow , a void in a
- much of the series focuses on the arrancars , more powerful variants of hollows. the arrancars make up the army of sōsuke aizen , the
- the hollow earth hypothesis proposes that the planet earth is either entirely hollow or otherwise contains a substantial interior space.
- a hollow-point bullet is an expanding bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip, often intended to cause the bullet to
- a tree hollow or tree hole is a semi-enclosed cavity which has naturally formed in the trunk or branch of a tree. these are predominantly
- a semi-acoustic guitar or hollow-body electric is a type of electric guitar that originates from the 1930s. it has both a sound box and
- hollows may be formed by river valleys such as mansfield hollow or they may be relatively dry clefts with a notch-like characteristic
- the process of nivation follows, whereby a hollow in a slope may be enlarged by ice segregation weathering and glacial erosion.
- hollow (formerly called penance) is an apparently mindless body which three members of the st croix family, all members of the marvel
- work as rukia's stand-in, fighting to protect people from evil spirits called hollows and sending good spirits, hollows , to soul society .