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English

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Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (a hollow), from Proto-West Germanic *holh, from Proto-Germanic *hulhwą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱólḱwos. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Cognate with Old High German huliwa and hulwa, Middle High German hülwe. Related to hole.

Noun

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hollow (plural hollows)

  1. (geography) A small valley between mountains.
    He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
  2. A sunken area on a surface.
    the hollow of the hand
  3. An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
    a hollow in a tree trunk
  4. (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
    a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach
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Verb

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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
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English holowe, holwe, holuȝ, holgh, from the noun (see above).

Adjective

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hollow (comparative hollower, superlative hollowest)

  1. (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
    a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
  2. (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
    He let out a hollow moan.
    • 1903, George Gordon Byron, On Leaving Newstead Abbey:
      Through thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle:
  3. (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
    a hollow victory
  4. (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
    a hollow promise
  5. Concave; gaunt; sunken.
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow
  6. (gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
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Adverb

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hollow (not comparable)

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

Etymology 3

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Compare holler.

Verb

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

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

Interjection

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hollow

  1. Alternative form of hollo

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