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hollow
[ hol-oh ]
adjective
- having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty:
a hollow sphere.
- having a depression or concavity:
a hollow surface.
- sunken, as the cheeks or eyes.
- (of sound) not resonant; dull, muffled, or deep:
a hollow voice.
- without real or significant worth; meaningless:
a hollow victory.
Synonyms: , , ,
- insincere or false:
hollow compliments.
- hungry; having an empty feeling:
I feel absolutely hollow, so let's eat.
noun
- an empty space within anything; a hole, depression, or cavity.
- a valley:
They took the sheep to graze in the hollow.
- Foundry. a concavity connecting two surfaces otherwise intersecting at an obtuse angle.
verb (used with object)
- to make hollow (often followed by out ):
to hollow out a log.
- to form by making something hollow (often followed by out ):
to hollow a place in the sand;
boats hollowed out of logs.
verb (used without object)
- to become hollow.
adverb
- in a hollow manner:
The politician's accusations rang hollow.
hollow
/ ˈɒəʊ /
adjective
- having a hole, cavity, or space within; not solid
- having a sunken area; concave
- recessed or deeply set
hollow cheeks
- (of sounds) as if resounding in a hollow place
- without substance or validity
- hungry or empty
- insincere; cynical
- a hollow leg or hollow legsthe capacity to eat or drink a lot without ill effects
adverb
- beat someone hollow informal.to defeat someone thoroughly and convincingly
noun
- a cavity, opening, or space in or within something
- a depression or dip in the land
verb
- to make or become hollow
- to form (a hole, cavity, etc) or (of a hole, etc) to be formed
Derived Forms
- ˈDZǷɱ, adverb
- ˈDZǷɲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- DZ·Ƿ· adverb
- DZ·Ƿ·Ա noun
- -DZ·Ƿ adjective
- ܲ·DZ·Ƿ adjective
- ܲ·DZ·Ƿed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hollow1
Idioms and Phrases
- beat all hollow, to surpass or outdo completely: Also beat hollow.
His performance beat the others all hollow.
More idioms and phrases containing hollow
see beat the pants off (hollow) .Example Sentences
Less than a month later, those quotes ring hollow.
"Some people told me they'd come to Kashmir for the first time, but will have to pay for their holiday life long," he said, adding that the attack had "hollowed out" Kashmir.
And in former industrial areas hollowed out by the loss of manufacturing jobs, there are hopes that tariffs could even the global playing field.
And though she’s tried to make elegant strides in other countries and on other streaming platforms, those attempts at branding feel far more hollow.
"You wake up in the early hours and you cry. You carry on with your day but everything is hollow," he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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