hollowest
superlative form of hollow: most hollow
Source: Wiktionary
Hol"low, a. Etym: [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.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
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.
Hol"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.]
Definition: To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." Dryden.
Hol"low, adv.
Definition: 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.
Hol*low", interj. Etym: [See Hollo.]
Definition: Hollo.
Hol"low, v. i.
Definition: To shout; to hollo. Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller.
Hol"low, v. t.
Definition: To urge or call by shouting. He has hollowed the hounds. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
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