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ALL meanings of hollowed

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  • adjective hollowed having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere. 1
  • adjective hollowed having a depression or concavity: a hollow surface. 1
  • adjective hollowed sunken, as the cheeks or eyes. 1
  • adjective hollowed (of sound) not resonant; dull, muffled, or deep: a hollow voice. 1
  • adjective hollowed without real or significant worth; meaningless: a hollow victory. 1
  • adjective hollowed insincere or false: hollow compliments. 1
  • adjective hollowed hungry; having an empty feeling: I feel absolutely hollow, so let's eat. 1
  • noun hollowed an empty space within anything; a hole, depression, or cavity. 1
  • noun hollowed a valley: They took the sheep to graze in the hollow. 1
  • noun hollowed Foundry. a concavity connecting two surfaces otherwise intersecting at an obtuse angle. 1
  • verb with object hollowed to make hollow (often followed by out): to hollow out a log. 1
  • verb with object hollowed to form by making something hollow (often followed by out): to hollow a place in the sand; boats hollowed out of logs. 1
  • verb without object hollowed to become hollow. 1
  • adverb hollowed in a hollow manner: The politician's accusations rang hollow. 1
  • idioms hollowed beat all hollow, to surpass or outdo completely: His performance beat the others all hollow. Also, beat hollow. 1
  • noun hollowed Simple past tense and past participle of hollow. 1
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