hollow
A small valley between mountainsA small valley between mountains.
» The fox hid in the hollow tree.
Der Fuchs versteckte sich in dem hohlen Baum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Лиса спряталась в дуплистом дереве. — elsteris
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4 sensesA small valley between mountains.
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
c. 1710–20, Matthew Prior, The First Hymn Of Callimachus: To Jupiter Forests grew upon the barren hollows.
Mulde, Senke, kleines Tal
a small valley between mountains
A sunken area on a surface.
He held the chick in the hollow of his hand.
Höhle, Mulde, Kuhle
впа́динаvpádina, углубле́ниеuglublénije, вы́емкаvýjemka
An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
a hollow in a tree trunk
Loch
дупло́dupló, по́лостьpólostʹ, каве́рнаkavérna
a cavity or space in something
(figuratively)A feeling of emptiness.
a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach
пустота́pustotá
пу́сткаpústka, пустота́pustotá
Examples
54 sentencesThe fox hid in the hollow tree.
ruЛиса спряталась в дуплистом дереве. — elsteris
deDer Fuchs versteckte sich in dem hohlen Baum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The fox hid in the hollow of a tree.
deDer Fuchs versteckte sich in einem hohlen Baum. — Waldelfe
Tom hid the bag of coins in a hollow log.
My life is hollow without him.
Моє життя без нього пусте. — deniko
ruБез него моя жизнь пуста. — afyodor
deMein Leben ist leer ohne ihn. — MUIRIEL
The insect ate the peach hollow.
Комахи виїли порожнину в персику. — ChickenKiev
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”)From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *holh, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”). Cognate with Old High German huliwa and hulwa, Middle High German hülwe. Related to hole.
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