Definitions for the word "hollow" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. interj.
Hollo.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To shout; to hollo.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To urge or call by shouting.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. adj.
1 a having a cavity; not solid. B sunken (hollow cheeks). 2 (of a sound) echoing. 3 empty; hungry. 4 meaningless (hollow victory). 5 insincere (hollow laugh). n. 1 hollow place; hole. 2 valley; basin. v. (often foll. By out) make hollow; excavate. adv. Colloq. Completely (beaten hollow). hollowly adv. Hollowness n. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. slang
“to beat HOLLOW,” to excel.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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