"hollow" meaning in All languages combined

See hollow on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈhɒl.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈhɑ.loʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-hollow.ogg [US] Forms: hollow [positive], hollower [comparative], hollowest [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|hollow|hollower|hollowest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something has nothing inside of it, it is hollow.
    Sense id: simple-hollow-en-adj-BZ8WSSMy
  2. If the inside of a tree or log has rotted away so the middle is empty, it is hollow.
    Sense id: simple-hollow-en-adj-vQVEDSuf
  3. Lacking enthusiasm or cheer
    Sense id: simple-hollow-en-adj-oz53d6ur

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhɒl.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈhɑ.loʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-hollow.ogg [US] Forms: hollow [canonical], hollows [third-person, singular], hollowed [past], hollowed [past, participle], hollowing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you hollow out something, you make a hole in it. Synonyms: excavate
    Sense id: simple-hollow-en-verb-qfADLk6p
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hollow",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollower",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollowest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hollow",
        "2": "hollower",
        "3": "hollowest"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The box is hollow."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something has nothing inside of it, it is hollow."
      ],
      "id": "simple-hollow-en-adj-BZ8WSSMy"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The rabbit ran through the hollow log."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If the inside of a tree or log has rotted away so the middle is empty, it is hollow."
      ],
      "id": "simple-hollow-en-adj-vQVEDSuf"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"He let out a hollow laugh\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking enthusiasm or cheer"
      ],
      "id": "simple-hollow-en-adj-oz53d6ur"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒl.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑ.loʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hollow.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hollow"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hollow",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollows",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollowed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollowed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollowing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "If you hollow out something, you make a hole in it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-hollow-en-verb-qfADLk6p",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "excavate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒl.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑ.loʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hollow.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hollow"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hollow",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollower",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollowest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hollow",
        "2": "hollower",
        "3": "hollowest"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The box is hollow."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something has nothing inside of it, it is hollow."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The rabbit ran through the hollow log."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If the inside of a tree or log has rotted away so the middle is empty, it is hollow."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"He let out a hollow laugh\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking enthusiasm or cheer"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒl.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑ.loʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hollow.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hollow"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hollow",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollows",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollowed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollowed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollowing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you hollow out something, you make a hole in it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "excavate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒl.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑ.loʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hollow.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hollow"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hollow meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2024-10-20 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.