hollowness.html - See: BEAT ALL HOLLOW also BEAT HOLLOW.

hollowness.html - {v.} To cut or dig out or to cut or dig a hole in; make a cut or cave in; excavate. * /The soldier hollowed out a foxhole in the ground to lie in./ * /The Indians used to hollow out a log to make a canoe./ * /Joe's father hollowed out a pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern./

hollowness.html - adj., n., v., & adv. --adj.

1 a having a hole or cavity inside; not solid throughout. b having a depression; sunken (hollow cheeks).
2 (of a sound) echoing, as though made in or on a hollow container.
3 empty; hungry.
4 without significance; meaningless (a hollow triumph).
5 insincere; cynical; false (a hollow laugh; hollow promises).

--n.

1 a hollow place; a hole.
2 a valley; a basin.

--v.

tr. (often foll. by out) make hollow; excavate.

--adv.

colloq. completely (beaten hollow).

hollow-eyed with eyes deep sunk. hollow-hearted insincere. hollow square Mil. hist. a body of infantry drawn up in a square with a space in the middle. in the hollow of one's hand entirely subservient to one.

hollowly adv. hollowness n. [ME holg, holu, hol(e)we f. OE holh cave, rel. to HOLE]

hollowness.html - n.
hollow articles of metal, china, etc., such as pots, kettles, jugs, etc. (opp. FLATWARE).

hollowness.html - See: BEAT ALL HOLLOW also BEAT HOLLOW.

hollowness.html - {v.} To cut or dig out or to cut or dig a hole in; make a cut or cave in; excavate. * /The soldier hollowed out a foxhole in the ground to lie in./ * /The Indians used to hollow out a log to make a canoe./ * /Joe's father hollowed out a pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern./