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Meaning Of Hollow
a.
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.
a.
Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
a.
Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
a.
Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a
hollow heart; a hollow friend.
n.
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.
n.
A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a
surface; a concavity; a channel.
v. t.
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to
excavate.
adv.
Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to
beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow.
See All, adv.