2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson.
HOLLOW
Hol"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.]
Defn: To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." Dryden.
HOLLOW
Hol"low, adv.
Defn: Wholly; completely; utterly; — chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv. [Collog.] The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. Darwin.
HOLLOW
Hol*low", interj. Etym: [See Hollo.]
Defn: Hollo.
HOLLOW
Hol"low, v. i.
Defn: To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller.
HOLLOW
Hol"low, v. t.