hollow
To make a hole in somethingTo make a hole in something; to excavate
» The fox hid in the hollow tree.
Der Fuchs versteckte sich in dem hohlen Baum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Лиса спряталась в дуплистом дереве. — elsteris
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To make a hole in something; to excavate
To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
- remove the interior of
- remove the inner part or the core of
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
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.
Compare holler.
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Forms
hollows, hollowing, hollowed, hollowedSynonyms
4 synonyms- remove the interior of:hollow outcore out
- remove the inner part or the core of:excavatedig
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.