hollows
plural of hollow
hollows
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of 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
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
